Incident date: 2022-12-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was on a ladder accessing the top of a vessel. He was using a hand wrench to tighten an outlet piping flange. The wrench slipped off the flange, causing the employee to fall 8 feet to the ground and sustain 4 rib and 3 back fractures. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate