Incident date: 2025-03-13
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was stepping down from a countertop onto a chair. The employee lost their footing and slipped, causing the chair to tip and the employee to fall. They landed on the legs of the chair and suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Chairs, single-person seating
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate