Incident date: 2018-05-29
NAICS industry code: 451110

An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to install a shelf onto a wall used as a clothing display when the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The shelf the employee was attempting to install landed on and broke the employee's right leg.

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