Incident date: 2023-02-12
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was loosening bolts on a wellhead when they slipped and fell backward approximately 8 feet through an area that was missing floor plates. The employee landed on his back on the ground and sustained a T-12 vertebra fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate