Incident date: 2022-09-27
NAICS industry code: 561110

An employee was replacing a heat pump filter in a guest room while standing on the third rung of a 4-foot step ladder. He fell backward from the ladder, landing on both it and the ground, and suffered a broken right leg and a bruised right elbow.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate