Incident date: 2017-12-08
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working on the second floor of a new construction building installing wrap on the outside walls when a guardrail broke, allowing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet to a lower surface. The employee suffered multiple leg and feet fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate