Incident date: 2021-04-07
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee accessed the top of a piece of equipment from a platform and had been removing a damaged motor from the equipment. The employee fell down the side of the 8-foot high piece of equipment and struck a rail and the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with three broken ribs and a contusion on the side of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate