Incident date: 2018-07-13
NAICS industry code: 213112

On 7/13/2018, an employee climbed an 8-foot A-frame ladder to tape an area for painting. The employee finished and was starting to descend when the employee missed one of the ladder rungs and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a head cut and broken right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate