Incident date: 2016-06-17
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was dismantling scaffolding when a board became jammed. When the employee attempted to unjam the board, he lost his footing and fell through the space between the edge of the scaffold board and the wall of the building and struck the ground below. He broke two wrists and his hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate