Incident date: 2017-12-09
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was using an "A" frame ladder to open the cargo hatch of an airplane when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his right ankle and requiring surgery.

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