EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A FIXED LADDER IN SCREEN HOUSE & ATTEMPTED TO STEP OFF LADDER TO A STAIRWAY JUST TO LEFT OF LADDER. (THERE WAS A HOSE PILED UP UNDERNEATH LADDER.) WHEN EE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE STEP BELOW, IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL ON HIS TAILBONE. BECAUSE OF THE HOSE BEING IN THE WAY, EE DID NOT HAVE A SUITABLE PLATFORM TO EXIT THE LADDER.