Incident date: 2019-07-22
NAICS industry code: 237120

On July 22, 2019, a controls technician was working on a rewiring job. He was pulling the top off a box containing equipment parts. As the top came off, he jerked backwards and went over the railing of the walkway he was standing on. He fell 14 feet, hit a wire reel, and struck his head on the floor. He was hospitalized and had surgery for severe head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate