Incident date: 2019-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238290

A maintenance employee was descending a ladder to the pit floor to check the governor tension sheave switch when he either missed or slipped on one of the bottom rungs and fell, breaking his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate