Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 238290

Two employees were working on a guarded mezzanine platform manually moving equipment. One of the grating sections shifted and tilted, causing the two employees to fall 17 feet to the floor below, and the material they fell through to land on them. Both employees sustained multiple broken bones and lacerations to the back, hips, and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low