Incident date: 2023-08-29
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was dismantling a temporary work platform. He turned around to retrieve a hand tool and fell approximately 15 feet from the platform to the ground below. The employee sustained injury to his back, bruising to his ribs, and a laceration to his left bicep.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate