Incident date: 2015-01-16
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from a 12-foot step ladder that was folded and placed on top of an air handler. The top of the ladder was leaning against a wall. As the employee stood on the ladder finishing a wall inside a mechanical room, the ladder slid away from the wall and the employee fell to the ground. The employee suffered a left broken leg above the ankle and a broken right little finger.  The employee was admitted to University Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate