Incident date: 2018-10-30
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was laying metal floor decking on the second floor of a building. While dragging a sheet of deck, the employee fell, landing on a 4-foot pier cap about 18 feet below. The employee suffered two broken ribs, a broken left arm (between the shoulder and the elbow), and a fractured pelvis. Fall protection was not being worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate