Incident date: 2019-06-17
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was sitting on top of the middle section of a truss while waiting for another truss to be delivered by crane. The truss broke and employee fell approximately 15 feet to the ground and suffered a compound fracture to the left elbow, a fractured hip, and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Other structural elements, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate