Incident date: 2025-02-19
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was on the bucket of a front end loader to reach a frozen water valve and defrost it using a blow torch. While lifting himself up, he lost his balance and fell 20 feet to the concrete slab below. He suffered fractures to both wrists and a fractured orbital bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate