Incident date: 2024-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was being shown the demolition work to be done on the truss of a joist. He stepped in and fell through the roof truss. The employee sustained a fractured skull, a brain bleed, and a broken left wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate