Incident date: 2016-07-30
NAICS industry code: 238220

Employees were removing sections of side panels from an open ended cooler that was approximately eight feet above the lower surface. As employees carried a disconnected side panel across an unbolted belly panel, the belly panel collapsed. The employees fell through the opening and the side panel they had been carrying fell with them. Employee 1 suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula and a fractured right femur. Employee 2 suffered a fractured left ankle, a dislocated left patella, and a back injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: low