Incident date: 2017-08-24
NAICS industry code: 541990

An employee was inspecting and photographing pipeline installation activities when he stepped backwards into an impression in the ground. He lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on a lowboy trailer. He was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae in his upper back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
code_source: title: Ground irregularity
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate