Incident date: 2022-06-22
NAICS industry code: 238110

At 9:00 a.m. on June 22, 2022, a unit of plywood was being lifted with a crane. The rigging or strapping failed and the plywood fell from the platform. An employee was pouring a sidewalk on the opposite side of the building when one of the pieces of plywood hit him in the back of the head. He suffered a brain bleed, a skull fracture, and broken vertebrae in the back and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate