Incident date: 2018-08-08
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee had completed a butt-weld on two wire coils and had tossed the welding cable behind him. He was then on his way out of the work area when he stepped on either the cable or the connector to the cable. The cable then rolled and he fell onto his right side. He was unable to move his right leg due to a fractured right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate