Incident date: 2019-02-12
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from a walk plank over stairs, installing sheets of insulation. He fell off the plank to the floor 16 feet below. He was hospitalized for fractured ribs and a kidney laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, 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