Incident date: 2021-03-22
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was descending a concrete stairway with wire rope guardrails. He began to fall and grabbed the guardrail, which gave way. He fell to the concrete floor about 15 feet below, suffering a left-side impact that caused an eye socket fracture and other fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring treatment including a rod in his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate