Incident date: 2024-10-05
NAICS industry code: 331315

An employee was placing a secure device on a large steel coil. The employee was pulling on a manual crimping tool when it slipped, and the sudden release caused him to stumble backward, fall into the opening between the coil saddles and down into a pit below. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a laceration to the head, and left leg/knee pain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Other confined spaces  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate