Incident date: 2018-03-08
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was removing a 3-feet by 5-feet AC wood platform while on a 6-foot A-frame ladder when the weight of the platform shifted and knocked him off balance, causing his left leg to be caught between the ladder's rungs as he fell about 4 feet to the floor. He suffered a compound fracture to his left leg and was hospitalized.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate