Incident date: 2023-08-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was laying foam on top of bridge steel beams during a bridge rehabilitation project. The employee slipped and fell from one of the bridge beams and struck a support structure below. The employee suffered a broken collarbone, a back strain, and rib/lung damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate