Incident date: 2021-12-12
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was removing a small scaffold that had been erected for cleaning in a conical hopper. The employee had handed up the last piece of material and was positioning himself to exit the hopper when his foot slipped. He slid at an angle and his right leg was caught, twisted, and broken above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Hopper interiors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate