Incident date: 2017-03-21
NAICS industry code: 238130

On March 21, 2017, an employee was cutting sheathing with a circular saw to make an opening for a staircase and fell 9 feet 3 inches from the first floor to the basement resulting in a fractured eye socket. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate