Incident date: 2015-07-20
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was operating a hydro blaster while cleaning a heat exchanger. As he exited a scaffold that was 15 to 20 feet in height, he slipped and fell through the ladder cage onto the concrete surface, injuring his lower back. He was hospitalized for surgery on his lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate