Incident date: 2024-12-11
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was replacing a detonation arrester on the upper level of a pier when they fell approximately 11 feet through an open steel grate to the lower level. The employee sustained a fractured bone in their foot and required surgery. Fall protection was not in place at the time of the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate