Incident date: 2015-05-01
NAICS industry code: 488320

A longshoreman was in Hold #2 preparing to discharge cargo.  The pontoon decking did not fully cover leaving an open hole from the lower tween deck of a ship into a lower hold area (approximately 32 feet).  The employee fell through the open area.  He admitted to the hospital with a head injury (swelling and bleeding), broken ribs, a shattered elbow and heel, fractured vertebrae and a fractured leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate