Incident date: 2021-07-17
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was using a manlift to reach a platform and remove material from the infeed conveyor. As he stepped out of the manlift onto the platform he fell about 8 feet and landed on a pile of shredded metals. The employee suffered a C-5 vertebra fracture and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Manlifts
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate