Incident date: 2020-05-21
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee on a ladder was replacing cables on the side of a building at a height of 8 feet when the employee's foot slipped and was caught between two rungs. The ladder fell to the side, causing the employee to fall and hit the ground. The employee suffered a left leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate