Incident date: 2016-03-04
NAICS industry code: 423210

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder to clear a material jam on a conveyor when his hand slipped, causing him to lose balance and fall from the third rung up from the floor. He fell standing up, but fractured his lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate