Incident date: 2015-03-12
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee passed a barricade in order to help seal an oil leak on the top cover plate of the transformer. While retrieving material that was dropped from the top of the transformer, the employee stepped into a hole in the grating and fell approximately 3 feet, landing on an I-beam.  The employee was admitted to a hospital and treated for broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate