Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 334220

On June 11, 2019, an employee was climbing an extension ladder. The ladder shifted when he was on the third or fourth rung, forcing him to jump; he broke his left leg upon landing on the ground. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate