Incident date: 2020-12-23
NAICS industry code: 311222

On December 23, 2020, an employee was cleaning overhead piping using an extended brush on an 8-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder began to tip and the employee fell to the floor, suffering two broken bones in the ankle that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Extension ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate