Incident date: 2019-03-28
NAICS industry code: 335314

An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder inspecting a duct detector when he fell from the fourth step of the ladder to the ground, fracturing his tibia. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate