Incident date: 2023-07-02
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was inside a motor/concrete pit of a roughing mill to put a cover on the motor. The employee reached to grab a ladder that was handed to him by a co-worker. He had one foot on a 3x3 fiberglass grating cover that was in the middle of the pit when the grate slid, causing the employee to fall through. The employee sustained a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Confined spaces, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate