Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was fixing a skewed board in the sorter machine, stubbed a toe and fell off the 42" sorter platform to a catwalk. The employee suffered a deviated nasal septum requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Machine platforms
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate