Incident date: 2018-06-25
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee was climbing down a ladder to weld a joint inside a tank that was being built when the ladder slipped out from under him. He fell 6 feet, landing on his feet and breaking his tibia in three places.

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