Incident date: 2018-11-10
NAICS industry code: 332312

Employees were changing a gasket on a steam line, using a tubular welded scaffold with 28-inch aluminum work planks two sections high. An employee fell about 12 feet from the scaffold, making contact with the scaffold on the way down and suffering five broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a laceration to the forehead. A harness was being worn at the time of the incident, but had been unhooked.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate