Incident date: 2020-04-15
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was setting up for hot work on a scaffolding platform. He opened the swing gate at the platform entry and lost his grip on the ladder while transferring from the platform, falling approximately 5 feet onto the main deck of the ship. He was hospitalized with a compression fracture to the T2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate