Incident date: 2019-01-17
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee had been disassembling a scaffold, working on the fourth tier. Components being stacked on exterior outriggers caused a shift in weight, which led to the collapse of the scaffold's top section. The employee fell 25 feet and sustained a fractured and lacerated right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate