Incident date: 2015-02-21
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was performing maintenance work on a crawler crane's ignition system while standing on the track which provided only 5.5 inches of surface to stand on. The mechanic slipped and fell approximately 59 inches and broke his right leg. He was admitted to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Cranes-other mobile cranes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate