Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was attaching a catwalk to a new aggregate weigh hopper. He was standing on a concrete pillar at the base of the hopper. While pulling the catwalk into place, he lost footing and fell approximately 6 feet to the gravel covered ground, landing in a seated position. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate