Incident date: 2023-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was removing steel grating from warehouse racking when he fell approximately 18 feet through an opening near a piece of unsecured steel grating to the ground. The steel grating struck him during the fall, resulting in head and lumbar fractures. The employee's fall protection was tied off to the steel grating.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate