Incident date: 2018-01-15
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was standing on the fifth floor at an open window waiting to receive three reels of aluminum electrical wire and one ground wire reel. The reels were in a makeshift wooden box set atop the forks of a telehandler, which were being raised to the open window by a truck operator. The employee retrieved two electrical reels and the ground wire reel. The last reel of electrical wire remained lopsided within the box. The employee climbed out from the window into the makeshift wooden box (holding the last reel of electrical wire). The box shifted and slipped off the forks. The employee fell with the box approximately five stories to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a back injury. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate