Incident date: 2015-09-07
NAICS industry code: 238310

On September 7, 2015, at about 04:00 PM, an employee fell from a 4- to 5-foot scaffold while cutting an aluminum structure beam with a chain saw. The saw kicked back, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor. He sustained a head laceration and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate