Incident date: 2024-08-15
NAICS industry code: 333618

An employee had removed a platform grate to expose the equipment below and replace a broken shaft. The employee slipped and fell backward through the open grate, falling approximately 12 feet to the floor. They sustained fractures to their skull, T1 vertebra, right shoulder, and rib, as well as a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate