Incident date: 2023-10-03
NAICS industry code: 336360

An employee was securing seatbelt straps when the seatbelt buckle snapped, causing the employee to fall 3 feet to the floor below. The employee sustained a lower spinal cord injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate