Incident date: 2019-06-15
NAICS industry code: 311615

A sanitizing crew was in the picking room and had removed the drain grates in the floor to clean. While the crew was cleaning in the picking area, a maintenance employee entered the picking area. As the maintenance employee was walking to the equipment needing maintenance, he tripped in an open drain. He fell and tried to catch himself, fracturing the radius and ulna of his left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate