Incident date: 2021-05-24
NAICS industry code: 624190

An employee was standing on a counter to mark the location of a new wall mount for a flat screen television when his right foot slipped off the edge of the counter and the employee fell three feet to the floor below. The employee sustained rib fractures, a hemothorax, and a pulmonary contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Counters, counter tops
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate