Incident date: 2023-05-22
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was tightening bolts on a gasket flange. When he descended from a 6-foot A-frame ladder, he fell from the third step from bottom to the ground. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the left ankle and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate