Incident date: 2024-11-14
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was approximately 20 feet high, removing aluminum beams from a shoring system. The employee was wearing a full-body harness and a retractable lanyard, which was looped around a yellow cross beam. As he unbolted and slid the aluminum beam across the yellow cross beam beneath it, the yellow beam began to fall. The employee fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate