Incident date: 2016-01-12
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was installing staircase treads on an industrial-type staircase when he lost his balance and fell from a 10-foot scaffold, severely gashing his right elbow and requiring hospitalization. He was wearing fall protection at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate