Incident date: 2017-06-16
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was spray painting while standing on top of an approximately 8 foot x 15 foot rectangular tank that was approximately 7 feet tall. There were five 2 foot x 3 foot holes cut out of the top surface of the tank that were not covered. The employee fell into one of these holes and suffered a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate