Incident date: 2021-09-30
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was attempting to unjam two metal tubes in a steel tubing machine using a pry bar. He lost his balance and fell 52 inches to the lower level. The impact with the steel grating below caused fractures to the employee's left-side ribs and lumbar region.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate