Incident date: 2016-03-07
NAICS industry code: 423310

On March 7, 2016, an employee was moving a motor weighing approximately 350 pounds when the motor broke the floor, creating a hole. The employee fell approximately 25 feet through the hole, dislocating the left shoulder, fracturing an elbow, breaking a hip, and possibly rupturing the kidney and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate