Incident date: 2022-08-05
NAICS industry code: 531110

On August 5, 2022, an employee was halfway up an 8-foot ladder to remove a satellite dish from the porch of a residential apartment. The employee fell backward and hit the ground below while the ladder fell in the opposite direction, twisting his ankle and resulting in an ankle fracture.

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