Incident date: 2015-04-06
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were dismantling a scaffold by passing the scaffolding materials in a chain.  One employee dropped a 5-foot scaffold pole at a height of approximately 35 to 40 feet.  The pole fell straight down, striking an employee on the ground on the brim of his hardhat.  The employee fell backwards, hitting his head and suffering head contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate