Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was cleaning the ham pumper in the ham room. They were getting off the 3-foot high platform and stepped on the ham pumper's motor cover. The employee then slipped and fell hitting the cover and landing on the floor. The employee sustained a collapsed lung and a rib fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
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