Incident date: 2017-11-22
NAICS industry code: 333298

An employee was repairing a railing on a fire escape when the counterbalance came loose from the wall. The fire escape and employee then fell to the ground. He suffered back and leg injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate