Incident date: 2018-02-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

While walking on a welded frame, metal scaffold, approximately five feet off the ground, the injured employee went to grab a 2x4 that was over the doorway and fell resulting in broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate