Incident date: 2022-08-30
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was on top of a dry kiln, repairing a baffle water line. The baffle cable broke, causing the baffle to shift. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground 15 feet below, suffering broken vertebrae in the neck and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Kilns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate