Incident date: 2016-02-15
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee entered the cat walk approximately 13' above the grade. As he was walking to borrow a tool from another employee, he fell through an opening that was not secured from pedestrian foot traffic. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate