Incident date: 2018-12-06
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from an aluminum telescoping scaffold approximately 12 feet high. The employee lost his balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right wrist requiring surgery. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate