Incident date: 2018-10-30
NAICS industry code: 423730

An employee was working from a 12-foot step ladder (on the third rung from the top), reaching to clip a wire tie while he was roughing in a heating and air conditioning system. The ladder started to tip, and he jumped from it to avoid falling to the ground. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor, breaking his left heel in five places and his right heel in three places. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate