Incident date: 2023-10-22
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was reaching over a walkway railing to retrieve a pair of gloves when she fell backward onto her hands pulling the railing on top of her in the process. The employee suffered a fractured left wrist and forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate