Incident date: 2017-08-10
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was on a scaffold removing shoring from a concrete form when the shoring slipped out of the employee's hands and struck the scaffold planking. He then fell approximately 8 feet, suffering head lacerations that required stitches. He was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate