Incident date: 2020-05-06
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee stepped on a storm inlet grate that was not seated fully on the top flange after getting off equipment. The lid flipped in and the worker fell approximately 15 feet to the bottom of the inlet.  He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and possible cracked vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate