Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was welding angle edge onto steel beams. The employee placed a scaffold plank across two beams to provide a surface on which to sit while welding. He slipped and fell fracturing a hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate