Incident date: 2023-07-07
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was cutting down a steel above-ground storage tank. He was on the roof of the tank when he fell 20 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken elbow and sprained leg. The employee was wearing a harness that was tied off at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate