Incident date: 2018-04-18
NAICS industry code: 813211

On April 18, 2018, an employee was standing on a bale of hay while restacking straw in a barn when the straw bales moved, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit a railing as he fell and landed on the other side, breaking ribs and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate