Incident date: 2018-08-16
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was wrecking a framework on a commercial construction building. As he was unclamping his harness, the anchor broke and he slipped and fell approximately 14 feet to the ground. He suffered a lacerated left eyelid, lacerated left knee, spinal fractures at the L1 and L2 vertebrae, and a hematoma of the bladder. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate