Incident date: 2021-08-16
NAICS industry code: 924120

An employee was collecting conifer cone crops on an orchard ladder. The employee fell off the ladder to the ground about 10 feet below, suffering a broken leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate