Incident date: 2015-01-05
NAICS industry code: 335311

Employee 1 and employee 2 were operating a welding robot in the fabrication department.  Employee 1 was loading a fin bank into the welding cell and was walking backwards into the welding cell while operating an overhead crane. Employee 1 stepped backwards into an open pit and fell approximately 8 feet. Employee 1 sustained the following injuries: fractured pelvis at both hip sockets, fractured ribs, fractured right elbow, fractured right shoulder.  Employee 1 is hospitalized at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate