Incident date: 2016-05-11
NAICS industry code: 221115

The employee was kneeling down in front of a control cabinet for approximately 20 minutes installing and rewiring a relay device. The employee could not get up. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur at the hip joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Kneeling, kneeling down-repetitive or prolonged
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate