Incident date: 2016-04-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee and coworker were installing a cable lifeline while standing on a scaffold platform. The wall plate of the middle scaffold support broke at the connection point, causing the employee and coworker to fall approximately 12 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured spleen, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
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