Incident date: 2016-12-26
NAICS industry code: 561330

While rewiring equipment on top of a larger cooler, an employee walked from one cooler to another and tripped, falling forward, then off the cooler and onto the ground approximately 8 feet below. The employee sustained facial lacerations and three herniated discs in the neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate