Incident date: 2017-09-14
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was ascending a crank-up scaffold system via an affixed access ladder when one of the employee's hands slipped from a rung. The employee then fell approximately 3 feet to the finished concrete surface below, twisting and breaking the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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