Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 236220

Employees for Capa Construction LLC were on the exterior of an apartment complex under construction. They were building a retaining wall at the rear of the building when a piece of 2x6 lumber fell from a fourth floor balcony and struck an employee's right arm causing a contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate