Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 813110

An employee fell from a 3-foot high deck truss and caught an adjacent truss just under his ribcage causing a blood vessel to rupture resulting in significant internal bleeding. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
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