Incident date: 2019-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was handling an 8 foot, 2x6 board while descending a ladder when the ladder shifted and he fell 5 feet to ground, landing on his feet. The fall resulted in a broken ankle and a compressed spinal disk.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate