Incident date: 2017-02-17
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was sweeping on the furnace deck when he fell backward into a pit that was 12 feet deep, injuring his back and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Forging machinery
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate