Incident date: 2024-09-20
NAICS industry code: 311513

On September 21, 2024, an employee slipped and fell backward down two flights of stairs, landing on the left rear side of their rib cage. The employee was hospitalized with two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate