Incident date: 2015-04-22
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was walking on a 40 inch high work platform and was stepping down to a lower elevation of the work platform when he slipped off the platform and struck his ribs on the left side. The employee suffered a pneumothorax and several fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine platforms
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