Incident date: 2018-07-27
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was leaving a mobile scaffold platform while holding a tower section that had just been unbolted. The employee and the tower section fell to the ground about 3 feet below, landing on an outrigger and suffering four broken ribs and blood in the lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate