Incident date: 2018-09-24
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was on a 6- to 8-foot A-frame ladder, sawing an overhead pipe. The side of the pipe gave way and hit the ladder, knocking the employee to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken tibia and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate