Incident date: 2016-03-25
NAICS industry code: 327332

An employee was removing a fiberglass ring on a 70'' (5ft 8.33in) platform ladder with a coworker on a fixed ladder. The platform ladder tipped over, and the employee fell and broke his right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate