Incident date: 2016-04-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was inspecting bridge-cleaning activities and was walking on the 5' 6"-high wood bridge with 14" rails. The employee took a step back, tripped on the rail, and lost balance. The employee fell back off the bridge and suffered neck fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate