Incident date: 2017-04-27
NAICS industry code: 541330

On April 27, 2017, an employee was descending a 20-foot ladder when he slipped and fell approximately 6 to 9 feet and landed on his left ankle. He sustained a compound fracture of the left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized. The injury required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate