Incident date: 2024-07-09
NAICS industry code: 541611

Two employees were demolishing a corkscrew conveyor in a grain silo. The chain fall one of them was holding fell and struck the side of the silo. This startled the other employee, who stepped off their step ladder, landed awkwardly on the ground, and broke their femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate