Incident date: 2018-04-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was climbing up an extension ladder and fell about half-way up (6 feet) onto loose conduit on the ground resulting in a broken leg near the ankle and hospitalization for surgery.

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