Incident date: 2023-12-26
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate