Incident date: 2016-08-22
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was removing plastic inserts from the back side of a precast panel. He was standing on a trailer, which had the precast wall on the bed. When he stepped out, he lost his footing and fell 4 feet to the ground on his right side, head and shoulder first. He fractured some right-side ribs and his collarbone, and his right lung collapsed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate