Incident date: 2021-06-18
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was beginning to weld an angle iron on a new bridge when they fell approximately 51 feet from the bridge to the ground below, resulting in fractures to their face and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate