Incident date: 2017-08-15
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was operating a trimmer from a control panel when a chain came off the sprocket. After replacing the chain on the sprocket, he stepped out of the system, lost his footing, and fell 14 feet to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate