Incident date: 2025-01-25
NAICS industry code: 333921

An employee was working on a dumbwaiter that was anchored by a bar drilled into the wall. The anchor failed and the dumbwaiter fell with him on it. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder and a compound fracture to the right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Dumbwaiters
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate