Incident date: 2018-11-16
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee was standing on a 5-gallon bucket while attempting to take a gas meter reading in a residential housing complex. The employee fell approximately 2 feet to the ground and was hospitalized for a broken leg that required surgery.

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