Incident date: 2016-01-05
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was coming down an 8-foot extension ladder when he misplaced his descending foot and it entered the space between the rungs.  As his leg went through the empty space, it came into contact with the ground, twisting him around and down the ladder. He dislocated his knee joint and broke his tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate