Incident date: 2021-10-15
NAICS industry code: 333922

An employee was cooling off at a receiving dock after welding. He leaned on the plastic safety chain guarding the door and fell 5 feet 10 inches to the concrete surface below. He suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate