Incident date: 2020-10-03
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was standing on a ladder scaffold with a wood plank platform, about 4-5 feet above the ground, placing siding on a house. The plank snapped in half and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate