Incident date: 2025-03-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee placed 6-inch wooden planks over metal trusses to establish a walking/working surface. The employee lost his footing, fell off a plank, and struck the metal deck. He went through the metal deck and landed on the ground approximately 10 feet below. The employee sustained a right elbow contusion and a bruised kidney. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Improvised scaffolds or staging
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Kidney(s)
severity: moderate