Incident date: 2025-08-25
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was securing a load using a heavy-duty ratchet strap tool. The tool slipped off the ratchet, causing the employee to lose balance and fall backward onto the ground, landing on his right hip. He was hospitalized with a femur fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate