Incident date: 2021-02-10
NAICS industry code: 238130

On February 10, 2021, an employee was carrying a 2x4 down the stairs when the 2x4 got caught on the permanent handrail causing the employee to fall approximately 4 to 5 steps down the stairs. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a fractured skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps, unspecified
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate