Incident date: 2020-01-14
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was inside a mid-level ballast tank onboard an amphibious transport dock (naval vessel). He was walking across the deck and stepped onto a board that was covering an open hole. The board split and the employee fell about 15 feet to the bottom of the tank. He sustained internal bleeding, a brain hematoma, and fractured the C6 and L1 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate