Incident date: 2024-09-04
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was on top of a blender machine to perform preventative maintenance when he lost his balance and jumped off the machine, landing on his feet on the ground 4.5 feet below. The employee sustained a fracture to his L5 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate