Incident date: 2019-12-09
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when the PIT struck a sprinkler head, creating a flood of water from overhead. The employee disembarked the PIT and slipped and fell on the wet concrete floor while attempting to exit the flooded area, suffering a serious spinal injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate