Incident date: 2017-02-21
NAICS industry code: 561612

The injured employee was about to inspect a docked vessel and was accessing the vessel through a gangplank. While on the gangplank, an employee of the docked vessel opened the hatch door which pushed the gangplank off the vessel. The injured employee fell 40 feet into the Mississippi River and suffered multiple injuries to her body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate