Incident date: 2024-03-22
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was descending an exterior ladder from the second floor to the mezzanine level. The employee's leg slipped through the rungs of the ladder; he fell backward and sustained a leg fracture and knee injury that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Fixed ladder or fire escape
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate