Incident date: 2018-01-27
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was working from an 8-foot step ladder to change a lightbulb when a gust of wind blew the lens off. The employee fell to the ground while attempting to catch the lens, injuring both ankles and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate