Incident date: 2017-06-22
NAICS industry code: 321214

On June 22, 2017, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee fell approximately 5 feet from the work platform of a scaffold to the ground. On the way down, the employee's leg became caught in a ladder rung and suffered compartment syndrome, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate