Incident date: 2022-10-19
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee had just finished installing foam insulation on a foundation wall. He was climbing out of the foundation area and placed one leg on top of the 3-foot foundation wall when his other foot (still on the ground) slipped on stones causing him to fall backward to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate