Incident date: 2021-02-11
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was standing on the elevated platform at the wood breaker machine. The platform grate became detached and dropped 7 feet to the floor with the employee standing on it. The employee was hospitalized for 3 broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a lacerated spleen and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate