Incident date: 2017-01-10
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was climbing to the top level of a steel commercial building under construction to perform decking work. The employee climbed to the first elevated level and his hard hat fell to the ground level below. The employee went to the edge of the level to ask someone to get his hard hat for him. At this time, the employee lost his footing and fell to the ground below causing broken arms and injuries to his face. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate