Incident date: 2015-02-13
NAICS industry code: 493190

Employee was elevated approximately 12 ft. on a Crown High Level Order Picker removing items from a shelf when she stepped backwards and fell to the concrete surface below.  Employee was donned in a harness, but did not have it attached and secured.  Employee sustained a compound fracture to her right ankle and a cracked heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate