Incident date: 2023-02-14
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee was performing tuckpointing while on a swing-stage scaffold. The rope on the scaffold broke and the side of the scaffold fell 20 feet to the ground. The employee impacted the ground and sustained a broken ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-suspended staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate