Incident date: 2015-09-04
NAICS industry code: 922160

An employee was working on a third floor balcony, applying flashing to metal. The employee stepped through the floor joists, landed on the second floor balcony, and then fell to the first floor. The employee sustained broken ribs, a broken ankle, and a punctured lung and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
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