Incident date: 2024-11-10
NAICS industry code: 541620

An employee working at ground level was using a 4-foot angled prybar to position the top panel of an aboveground storage tank. The prybar slipped, causing the employee to fall backward to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured right tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate