Incident date: 2025-06-18
NAICS industry code: 321113

A maintenance employee was dismantling a kiln. As he was pulling top panels apart, a panel gave out and he fell approximately 6-8 feet, resulting in a fractured lower vertebra and a bruised lung. Fall protection was not tied off at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate