Incident date: 2021-10-27
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was exiting a coal conveyor when he stepped on a piece of plywood that broke, causing him to fall approximately 80 feet into a bunker. The employee suffered a broken wrist, a head laceration, and brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate