Incident date: 2024-06-13
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was walking across a metal grate while palletizing pipe as it was coming from the production line. A steel grate (walking surface) failed and the employee fell approximately 6.5 feet to a lower level and sustained a fractured right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate