Incident date: 2023-06-21
NAICS industry code: 532120

An employee was on a catwalk five feet above the ground to see into a refrigerator trailer engine. As the employee was adjusting the belt on the engine, they fell off the catwalk to the concrete below, resulting in a left hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate