Incident date: 2017-05-12
NAICS industry code: 236210

While installing a catwalk on top of a grain elevator, an employee fell approximately 15 feet through an opening in a platform to a lower level, suffering a broken ankle and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate