Incident date: 2022-01-27
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee fell while climbing down from the cockpit of an airplane. The employee landed on the hangar floor and suffered a broken tibia, a broken fibula, and a hairline fracture in the heel. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Airplane-propeller-driven or piston engine
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate