Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on a ladder while using a strap to secure the ladder to a structure before starting a repair job. As the employee was tightening the strap, the strap broke, causing the employee to fall off the ladder and injure his left ankle.

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