Incident date: 2015-05-16
NAICS industry code: 325311

An employee was using a ladder to take a nitrogen purge line off of a unit that was being decommissioned. He lost his balance on the ladder and fell backwards onto his backside. This is not the fall that caused the injury, but was a precursory fall. He gathered himself and headed back toward the control unit when he then tripped over his feet and landed on an approximately 12-inch high dike on his right side, causing the injury. He was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over self
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate