Incident date: 2015-01-06
NAICS industry code: 236220

A worker was hospitalized on 01/06/2015 at 3:30 p.m. After doing some clean-up work on a roof, he fell approximately 8.5 to 9 feet while descending a ladder. The worker fractured his leg  and was hospitalized overnight at Athens Regional Medical Center. He underwent surgery, at which time a pin was inserted in the tibia of the fractured leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate