Incident date: 2023-02-03
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee opened a pair of 550-pound steel butterfly doors and walked through them. While his back was to the doors, one of them broke, fell, struck his back, and pinned him to the ground. He sustained broken vertebrae and a possible broken collarbone that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Doors, except garage and vehicle
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate