Incident date: 2023-12-05
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using a step ladder to access a mezzanine in the warehouse. Once the employee stepped off the ladder onto the mezzanine, the ladder fell from underneath the employee, causing them to fall 6 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fracture to the bottom of their right foot and a sprained wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Sole(s), unspecified
severity: moderate