Incident date: 2020-03-31
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was loosening the bolts in a 1,500-2,000 pound sign. The sign fell and struck the employee in the back, breaking a vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Blackboards, bulletin boards, mirrors-stand-alone
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate