Incident date: 2020-08-25
NAICS industry code: 311520

A maintenance employee was installing a light while standing on an 8 foot extension ladder. The bottom of the ladder kicked out due to a wet floor and the employee fell. He was hospitalized for a broken ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate