Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was using a pneumatic chipping gun to demolish a concrete foundation when the chipping gun fell from the employee's hands. As he tried to catch it, he fell 8 feet to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate