Incident date: 2016-07-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was working from a 10 foot step ladder on an overhead register vent. As the employee went to pull down the register, he fell backwards about 5 feet to the floor below and fractured his right ankle. The employee required surgery to his ankle and was admitted to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate