Incident date: 2019-05-03
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was dismantling a scaffold. He was placing a section on the ground and when he turned around an aluminum plank fell 10 feet onto his left forearm causing a laceration that required surgery to repair a tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate