Incident date: 2024-06-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was running a concrete vibrator on top of a concrete wall next to a pump truck hose. When the pump truck blockage was cleared, the hose struck the employee and caused them to fall from a 4-foot scaffold to the uneven ground. The employee landed on their back and lost consciousness, sustained back fractures, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate