Incident date: 2022-07-20
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was erecting a frame-supported scaffold in a shaft. The employee fell approximately 15 feet and sustained fractures to the lower spine requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate