Incident date: 2018-04-26
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was climbing a 15-foot, job-made wooden ladder to access a machine room when the ladder shifted. He then fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, landing on his feet. He fractured his right heel, sprained his left ankle, and strained his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate