Incident date: 2018-06-13
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee's left shoe got caught on the ladder causing him to start to fall. When it became unstuck, the employee used his left leg to catch/stop his fall and his leg slammed into the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a hyperextended knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Sprains
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate