Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 333911

On March 26, 2025, an employee was standing on a work table that was 23" high to abrasive blast the upper section of a pump. When he stepped off the table with his left leg, his left knee gave out and he fell to the ground, landing on his right hip. The employee sustained a displaced right hip fracture near the joint and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Tables, desks, work surfaces
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate