Incident date: 2015-06-29
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was clearing a clogged dust collector pipe. The employee was standing on a home-made platform that had been elevated approximately 10 feet in the air by a forklift.  The platform measured approximately 12-feet long by 42-inches wide.  The employee stepped off to the side of the platform where the platform was not supported by the forks, and the platform tipped from the forks.  The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below.  The employee sustained nine broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate