Incident date: 2021-06-13
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using an 8-foot, A-frame ladder to clean the hopper of an extruder. He finished cleaning and fell less than 7 feet, from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a broken leg requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate