Incident date: 2016-12-13
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee climbed up a column and tied his positioning hook onto a rubber cage. The hook did not fully engage on the plywood form and when he leaned back, the hook slid off. He fell backwards approximately 4 feet to the ground below, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate