Incident date: 2017-05-29
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was about to install a panel on the left wing of an aircraft when the panel started to slip. As he tried to stop it from falling, he lost his balance and fell about 8 feet, hitting part of the engine and then the ground below. He injured his lower back and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate