Incident date: 2023-03-29
NAICS industry code: 541710

An employee was departing an airport gate area after walking out of a plane when they tripped on the seam of an unlevel carpet. The employee fell forward to the floor and sustained a fractured right shoulder/arm, right knee pain, a hip injury, and facial lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
code_source: title: Floor irregularity
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate