Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was helping to change a hose on an excavator. He was in the raised bucket of a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when his 15-inch adjustable wrench slipped off a nut. He lost his balance and fell about 8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained injuries to their neck and back, a laceration to his head, and fractured ribs. A fall arrest system was not used at the time of the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate