Incident date: 2015-08-24
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was on a short step ladder removing a synthetic strap used in binding steel tubing/pipes when he fell off the step ladder fracturing the top left tibia plateau, close to the knee.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate