Incident date: 2025-07-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

On July 3, 2025, an employee was working from a boom lift positioned approximately 10 feet off the ground. There was a crew on the ground assembling trusses that were then rigged up, lifted, and installed. While waiting for another truss to be lifted, the partially assembled truss fell over and landed on the lift, injuring the employee. He was hospitalized with a right ankle fracture, a laceration to the back of the head, a laceration behind the right ear, an abrasion to the left leg, a puncture wound to the right arm, and contusions to the back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams, rods, blocks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate