Incident date: 2017-01-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on a ladder installing a recessed light when the ladder (which was nailed into the wall) came away from the wall. The employee fell with the ladder, breaking the right femur and left leg below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate