Incident date: 2023-11-18
NAICS industry code: 812331

An employee climbed 3.5 feet onto a washer to change a valve on the back of the washer. As the employee was tightening the valve with a wrench, the wrench slipped and he fell backward off the washer. His back hit a breaker box before landing on the concrete floor. The employee suffered five fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Clothes washers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate