Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was working on the elevated surface of a scaffold. As he turned the corner from one scaffold to another, he fell approximately 15 feet to an elevated roof deck below, lacerating the back of his head and suffering other scrapes and bruises. He required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate