Incident date: 2023-07-06
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was cutting a hole on the bottom of a barge when he fell 18 feet through the hole, landing on the bottom floor. The employee sustained a wrist fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate