Incident date: 2019-11-05
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was working from the top platform of a portable stair tower. While reaching in the direction of the stairs, the employee fell approximately 5 feet to the ground below and sustained a broken ankle.

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