Incident date: 2021-04-28
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was cleaning the second level of a processing unit with a leaf blower. The employee fell through a 4-foot gap in the railing, landing on the floor and suffering bruises, lacerations, and a knee injury requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine platforms
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate