Incident date: 2021-05-26
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was climbing down a stepladder. One of the ladder's legs dropped into a core hole that had been filled with foam and covered with a skim coat the same color as the floor. The ladder tipped and the employee fell, landing 4 feet below and suffering a broken ankle.

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: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate