Incident date: 2018-07-23
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was using a three-step stepladder to hand a blind into a nursing care resident's room. The employee fell from the ladder, breaking their left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate