Incident date: 2017-08-25
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was wiring a low voltage wire gauge to the top of a chemical storage tank when he noticed the overhead light mounting bracket was broken. As he touched the bracket, he received an electrical shock and fell 15 feet off the storage tank, breaking three back vertebrae. He was hospitalized. Fall protection was worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate