Incident date: 2021-12-21
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was using a backpack blower to clean an area after a pine straw installation. The employee stepped onto a grated air shaft that gave way and the employee fell approximately 12 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle and a fractured left heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate