Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was retrieving a garment rail system and discovered that the rail system had jammed. In order to fix the jam, he stepped off the catwalk onto the poles of the rail system to reach the stuck item. As he reached for the garment, he lost his balance, slipped, and fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, resulting in a fractured left femur and another fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate