Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was working overhead to install a hoist system to lift the dumbwaiter. As they stepped onto the dumbwaiter, they fell 13-15 feet to the bottom of the hoist way, resulting in bruising and lacerations to the left hand, a middle finger fracture, and a laceration and compound fracture to the right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Dumbwaiters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate