Incident date: 2025-06-15
NAICS industry code: 561920

An employee was walking the show floor. While placing/applying graphics, he tripped and fell over a raised area of the carpet. A utility hose and cord ran underneath the carpet. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
code_source: title: Constructed surface irregularity
code_nature: title: Hernias
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate