Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 561439

An employee was walking and stepping down from a conveyor. He twisted his leg as he placed his foot down and fell to an adjacent grating surface approximately 27 inches below, resulting in a lower leg fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Conveyors  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate