Incident date: 2023-11-07
NAICS industry code: 337110

The injured employee was up on the air compressor mezzanine completing daily maintenance when employee 2 called to them from ground level. The injured employee leaned against the railing to answer employee 2. The railing gave way causing the injured employee to fall from the mezzanine to the floor. He sustained fractures to the right shoulder and an L1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and back
severity: moderate