Incident date: 2018-06-25
NAICS industry code: 238130

Two employees fell while installing second-floor decking. One employee fell approximately 10 feet to the deck below and sustained facial lacerations and fractured the C7 vertebra requiring surgery and hospitalization. The second employee sustained a muscle strain and bruising on the chest, shoulder and back from the retractable lanyard. Both employees were wearing retractable lanyards at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate