Incident date: 2021-01-06
NAICS industry code: 423390

On January 6, 2021, an employee was placing materials on a second floor apartment balcony. When the employee leaned against the guardrail, it failed and the employee fell about 10 feet to the asphalt ground. The employee suffered a broken right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate