Incident date: 2016-12-06
NAICS industry code: 424910

A temporary employee on a catwalk was cleaning the incandescent lighting covers above fertilizer blenders when he fell 7 to 8 feet off the catwalk and onto the concrete floor, injuring his back. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate