Incident date: 2024-11-27
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was standing on steps to clear a package jam on a conveyor belt when the jam broke and they fell 3 feet through an opening in the steps to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate