Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was completing a sensor replacement on an air-cooled chiller unit and went to sit on a 5-gallon bucket during a rest break. He experienced sudden stiffness in his left knee, causing him to fall backward and strike his back on a pipe hanger. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae in their lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall while sitting
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate