Incident date: 2023-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was picking up tools at the end of the work day. As they stepped on a floor opening cover, the cover collapsed, causing the employee to fall 20 feet to the basement. The employee sustained bilateral wrist fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate