Incident date: 2018-10-25
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was on a platform, manipulating the inner diameter of a vessel with a hydraulic press using quarter-inch square steel tubing. The tubing became free and knocked the employee off the platform and onto the floor. The employee suffered injuries including contusions, lacerations, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate