Incident date: 2024-10-14
NAICS industry code: 423520

An employee was trying to clear pelletized sulfur from a plugged chute. When the plug was freed, he lost his footing and fell about 4 feet. His throat struck a nearby handrail and his hands made contact with the working surface as he broke his fall. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the throat and a fractured thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Source, secondary source  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate