Incident date: 2023-06-16
NAICS industry code: 237310

On June 16, 2023, an employee was checking the I-beams on a bridge. He unhooked his harness to move across the section of the second beam. While hooking his harness on the third beam, his foot hit the cable that was connected to the beam and fell approximately 25 to 30 feet to the muddy clay floor below. The employee sustained a left hip and femur fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate