Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 493130

While an employee was replacing a valve using a plumber's wrench, the wrench slipped from his hands, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall onto his knee from a step approximately 12-18 inches high. The employee's lower leg was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate