Incident date: 2025-06-12
NAICS industry code: 713920

An employee was descending a fixed ladder into a block house to perform maintenance on a snow-making system. His foot slipped and his heel struck a pipe (part of the snow-making system) behind him. The employee fell partially down the ladder before he stopped himself from falling further and another employee helped him out of the space. The employee suffered a broken right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level  caught self or curtailed
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate