Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was emptying trash from the trash room on the second story of a building. As he was moving a bag of trash out of his way, the employee lost his balance and went to catch himself on the guardrail. The guardrail gave way and the employee fell out of the window to the ground below, sustaining two broken ankles.

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