Incident date: 2025-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was plugging IT equipment into an IT box that was bolted to a wall approximately 6 feet off the floor. The employee was standing on an 8-foot step ladder when the door of the box swung toward the employee. He lost his balance and fell from the ladder to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate