Incident date: 2024-05-17
NAICS industry code: 541350

An employee was on an A-frame ladder inspecting a weld on a pipe in a drop ceiling. The ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground, sustaining multiple fractures to the lower right leg and a fractured ankle and heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate