Incident date: 2023-04-18
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was standing on an 8-foot step ladder tightening a bolt on the auto-cropping machine in the evisceration department. The wrench the employee was using came loose, causing him to lose balance and fall 3-5 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained fractures to the right radius and right ilium.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate