Incident date: 2023-05-30
NAICS industry code: 922110

An employee was attempting to remove a cut section of concrete roof slab when the catch plate and anchor bolt gave out. The cut section of concrete then fell and struck the employee's upper back, causing him to fall to the ground. They sustained 5 broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate