Incident date: 2017-04-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was working off a scaffold side bracket patching a concrete wall structure in an elevator shaft. While working off the outrigger platform, the platform failed causing the employee to fall about 30 feet to the ground. The employee suffered three fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a dislocated right elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate