Incident date: 2016-11-23
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee fell 20 feet from a scaffold while helping to build a wall for an elevator shaft. The employee landed on concrete and suffered five broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, 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