Incident date: 2015-03-12
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was inspecting a C-130 aircraft using a 6-foot ladder. While descending the ladder, the employee missed the bottom rung and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fracture to the right hip and received surgery later that evening.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate