Incident date: 2017-03-14
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was walking on the wing of a B-1B bomber preparing it for painting. The employee slipped and fell off the aircraft wing tip to the floor 14 feet below. The employee was wearing a body harness, but it was not attached to the overhead lanyards. The employee suffered a left knee fracture and compressed disc.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Airplane-jet or turbine engine
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate