Incident date: 2020-03-30
NAICS industry code: 488310

An employee was on a container ship's catwalk, lashing containers to secure them. The employee fell to a deck about 15 feet below and suffered spine fractures, lacerations to the liver, and a head injury that required stitching. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate