Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 561720

A scaffold and counterweights were being moved from one side of a roof to the other. The 1-ton rigger counterweights went out of control, swung back, and hit an employee, who suffered a fracture in the upper thigh area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate