Incident date: 2016-11-17
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was standing on top of a 5-foot, 1-inch tall dock block while installing a grounding strap to a vessel shaft in a dry dock when he slipped and fell to the floor, rupturing his spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, n.e.c.
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