Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was installing insulation on the ceiling above the elevator shaft when he lost his balance and fell 15 feet from the scaffold down the elevator shaft. He sustained an injury to his spine and head trauma including a concussion, laceration, bruising, and abrasions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple types of injuries to the brain, spinal cord
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate