Incident date: 2020-04-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was taking down the canopy over a walkway. When he stepped on a brace on the canopy, it gave way and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He suffered a fractured skull with intracranial bleeding and a T12 vertebra burst fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate