Incident date: 2016-11-29
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was laying on an inclined catwalk 30 feet above the ground to observe repair work on a beltline conveyor system below. As he positioned himself to stand up, he fell through the mid-rail and toe board of the catwalk, hitting the belt and the ground. He suffered three fractures to the right arm, multiple fractures to the right ribs, bruised lungs, and a bruised right kidney.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate