Incident date: 2018-12-14
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was performing maintenance on a cooling unit while on a ladder. He fell off backwards when his foot got stuck in between the steps of the ladder. He was hospitalized for a knee injury requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate