Incident date: 2019-05-10
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was on a scaffold shaking mortar when the employee stepped backward and fell approximately 20 feet between two boards to the ground below. The employee suffered a collapsed lung, fractured vertebrae, and a skull contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate