Incident date: 2020-12-29
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was cleaning a steel catwalk and removing and collecting a come along pulley and chain device to place back into a storage location. While moving backward, the employee stepped into an open floor hatch in the catwalk floor and fell 22 feet. The employee was hospitalized for a broken ankle and a sprained back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate