Incident date: 2015-12-10
NAICS industry code: 334519

An employee climbed a fixed ladder on a conex to install weather instrumentation. The support rung at the top gave way and the employee fell approximately eight feet resulting in a broken left ankle that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate