Incident date: 2020-07-30
NAICS industry code: 238150

An employee had been caulking while on an 8-foot ladder. The employee lost balance/footing while descending the ladder and jumped from the ladder. The employee impacted the floor and sustained a lower leg fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate