Incident date: 2025-06-16
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was setting trusses for a covered porch. The employee had one foot on an 8-foot step ladder and the other foot on the bottom of a truss to unhook a chain. The truss came loose, causing the employee to fall 8 feet. They hit a T-brace on the way down to the concrete patio. The employee sustained a fractures to their right wrist/hand.

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: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate