Incident date: 2016-09-20
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee on a second-level platform was opening a slide gate at a height of approximately 14 feet to place a pallet on the deck. The slide gate was 4 ft H x 12 ft W on the exterior wall, attached by a sliding mechanism. The employee fell to the ground along with the gate, suffering multiple fractures to the femur, pelvis, ribs, right leg, and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate