Incident date: 2015-07-18
NAICS industry code: 238290

On Saturday, July 18, 2015, around 9:00 a.m., an employee fell through the handrail system of an 8-feet-high platform to the ground while coming out of a grain bin during construction. He was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate