Incident date: 2018-11-05
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was opening a tank lid from a ladder, about 3 to 4 feet off the ground. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell to the ground, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized.

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