Incident date: 2016-08-27
NAICS industry code: 713110

An employee was testing a slide ride at startup. The water was turned onto the slide, but had not yet filled the bottom pool when the employee tested it. The employee slid down the slide and, once at the bottom, slid across the shallow pool (1/4" of water) and into the end of the slide wall.  The employee fractured her right tibia and suffered ligament damage to both ankles.  The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate