Incident date: 2019-09-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

Three employees were detaching an elevated walkway from a tank battery. After being cut, the walkway gave way while two of the employees were on it, and they fell about 15 feet to the ground. One of them suffered a compound fracture to the right femur and a concussion. The other suffered a crushed left heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low