Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee was cutting wire with a wire machine. He turned to walk away and tripped over a wire cable, causing him to fall and strike his head on metal racking. The employee sustained a head laceration as well as a non-displaced fracture to the C1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate