Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee had just finished framing an H-structure. They lowered one side of the horizontal structure down on cribbing to keep it raised off the floor. They removed the pull stand on that side to use it at a different location. The pull stand on the other side of the structure broke, allowing the H-structure to fall down 3 to 4 feet onto the employee s left foot. The employee sustained a fractured talus and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Towers, poles  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate