Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was on a ladder removing a variable air volume box (VAV) from the ceiling when he fell approximately 5 feet off the ladder. The VAV box landed on his right leg. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg.

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