Incident date: 2024-07-15
NAICS industry code: 811121

An employee was standing on a chair to hang a fly strip in the break room. The employee's knee gave out and they fell to the floor sustaining fractures to their leg and kneecap, and torn tendons.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Chairs, single-person seating
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate