Incident date: 2024-07-17
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was on an elevated platform, performing maintenance on a dust collection system, when the support chains on one side pulled free from the support hook and the dust collector swung out from under the employee. They fell approximately 10 feet to the ground and were hospitalized for an upper leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate