Incident date: 2017-03-05
NAICS industry code: 811490

An employee was standing on a 12 foot portable step ladder to change a light bulb. While descending the ladder, the employee lost his footing and fell approximately eight feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate