Incident date: 2016-09-09
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was removing broken pieces of concrete from a recently demolished road deck. He was flipping the lagging boards when he slipped and fell through the boards 28 feet to the ground below. He suffered a broken pelvis, ruptured spleen, and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate