Incident date: 2018-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 3 to 4 feet off the ground, attempting to install a porch ceiling soffit, when the ladder and employee tumbled to the ground. The employee's leg was pinned in a rung of the ladder, fracturing the tibia and fibula. The ladder was placed on loose fill rock at the time of the incident.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate