Incident date: 2018-08-09
NAICS industry code: 922160

On August 9, 2018,at approximately 12:25 a.m., an employee was walking along a grated walkway while inspecting fire extinguishers at a third-party facility when the grating gave way. He then fell approximately 20 feet and injured his back, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate