Incident date: 2020-06-16
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was standing on the top rung of an 8-foot ladder that was placed on a hill. While the employee was stretching to screw a strap to the wall, the ladder tipped over, causing the employee to fall and sustain a broken left leg below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate