Incident date: 2019-01-15
NAICS industry code: 238120

Part of the safety cable that ran vertically along the post that was covered by previously poured concrete had been chipped away. As the employee squatted and held onto the safety cable to look at the outer side of the post, the safety cable gave way, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall forward 14 feet over the edge of the second level of the parking garage. The employee was hospitalized with 2 broken heels.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Parking lot, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate