Incident date: 2018-12-08
NAICS industry code: 423810

An employee was climbing over a scaffold handrail to access a pipe rack when the employee fell approximately 5 feet to a lower level. The employee landed on his right side and sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate