Incident date: 2016-10-09
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was performing maintenance work on top of a tumble blast machine. As he was either climbing or descending a fixed ladder on the machine, he fell backward and landed on the floor below. He hit his head on steel framing on his way down. He suffered a head laceration, a fractured jaw, abrasions, and a contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate