Incident date: 2020-11-17
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was installing valves on a vessel. He squatted down and grabbed a mid-rail wire rope guardrail. The guardrail loosened and the employee lost balance. The employee then slipped between guardrails and fell approximately 9 feet to a lower deck. The employee sustained a left hip fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate