Incident date: 2018-05-12
NAICS industry code: 623312

On May 12, 2018, at 10:30 a.m., an employee used a chair with wheels as a step ladder to hang a wall decoration. The chair inadvertently rolled, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee fractured the front and back of the left leg and the left knee, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Chairs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate