Incident date: 2024-11-21
NAICS industry code: 238350

The injured employee was installing drywall while a co-worker was installing sheetrock in the same room. The co-worker was pushing against a stack of sheetrock to gain leverage to screw a piece of sheetrock to the wall. The sheetrock fell onto the injured employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate