Incident date: 2022-09-16
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was sliding a pallet for an electrical panel off a balcony. His foot became caught in the rigging or strap of the pallet, which pulled him from the balcony. He fell 13 feet and suffered a bruised lung and a ruptured spleen and kidney. He was hospitalized. There was no guarding on the balcony at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate