Incident date: 2022-04-28
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was walking across truss joists to repair a cardboard vent. The employee's foot slipped. The employee fell, landing on their side against a truss joist and suffering broken right-side ribs and a laceration to the right lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
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