Incident date: 2022-01-25
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was holding hydraulic hoses away from an auger bit at the first floor level of an elevator pit. The support holding the auger broke and struck the employee, who then fell 6 feet into the elevator pit. He suffered fractures to the left arm and left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Elevator shafts
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate