Incident date: 2016-02-26
NAICS industry code: 541712

An employee was removing wiring and sensors from the top of a Tainter gate retaining wall. The employee fell 10-16 feet from the retaining wall and fractured vertebrae in the back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate