Incident date: 2018-04-20
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were setting trusses on a multi-family apartment building. A truss was leaning against another truss when it tipped over, swung down, and struck an employee in the shoulder. The employee suffered a shoulder fracture, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate