Incident date: 2017-07-17
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was on a catwalk handing a bail of insulation down to a customer when the top rail of the catwalk slipped out of its designated bracket. The employee fell 8.5 feet to the concrete floor, suffering pelvic and shoulder pain that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate