Incident date: 2021-02-22
NAICS industry code: 335991

An employee was stepping from a metal grating onto a sloped metal ramp, 2 inches high by 6 inches wide. He slipped on residual graphite dust and fell backwards. The back of his head struck the metal grating and he suffered lacerations and a brain bleed. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to slipping
code_source: title: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate