Incident date: 2018-12-01
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was using a 6-ft. self-supporting fiberglass ladder to remove light fixtures. He was working from the top step when the ladder kicked out from under him and he fell approximately 5 ft. to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle and a compressed L-4 vertebra disk.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate