Incident date: 2016-08-04
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was cutting tree limbs from a 6 foot A-frame ladder when a limb hit the ladder. He dismounted the ladder 2 feet off the ground, breaking his right leg and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate