Incident date: 2021-02-15
NAICS industry code: 611310

On February 15, 2021, between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m., a TCU Facilities employee was changing out some stained ceiling tiles in an office. He was standing on the fourth rung of an 8-foot fiberglass stepladder, removing the tile, while a coworker on the floor took the old tile and handed him the new tile. He had to disconnect the ceiling grid to remove a tile. It came loose suddenly and his right foot slipped off the ladder. His coworker caught him, but his left foot got caught in the steps of the ladder. He suffered a dislocated left ankle and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate