Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was taking down a scaffold when he fell through a hole in one of the scaffold planks.  He hit the railing on the scaffold when he fell, injuring his ribs. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time. He was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate