Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using a ladder to enter a pit to remove rails and install machines. The employee stepped off the ladder approximately 1 foot from the pit floor and tripped over a pit rail, falling to the ground (the rail was not unbolted from the ground at this time and is a fixed part of the pit). The employee was hospitalized with a broken right femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate