Incident date: 2023-07-18
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on the second floor of an apartment construction site. He walked out onto the balcony/patio to hold a safety meeting and grabbed the temporary hand/safety rail. The rail broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the thoracic vertebrae and ribs as well as a partially collapsed lung. The employee's right wrist and shoulder were also strained.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate