Incident date: 2015-09-17
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was injured on September 17, 2015, while retrieving a mold for setup of a plastic injection molding machine. The employee was retrieving a mold from a rack system approximately 8 feet tall.  He climbed to the second shelf of the rack system (approximately 4-5 feet) off the floor.  When attempting to descend the rack system he slipped and fell to the floor below.  He landed on his buttocks and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate