Incident date: 2022-07-12
NAICS industry code: 623311

An employee was opening the magnetic office door. To do so, he had to bend down and manipulate the door stop to keep the door open. After placing the door stop in the proper position, he stood up and fell backward striking the wall behind him and resulting in fractured thoracic vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate