Incident date: 2025-02-19
NAICS industry code: 722511

An employee was using a two-step ladder and turned to face the opposite direction to look at items on an upper shelf. As he descended, he slipped off the ladder and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate