Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 482111

An employee climbed up on the tread of a crane to turn the batteries back on and was turning to step away when the battery lid opened back up. The battery lid caught his boot, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the tread. He then fell to the ground 36 inches below. The employee sustained a fractured femur head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cranes other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate