Incident date: 2022-04-12
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was waiting to sign out for the day when a contractor's employee knocked over a temporary fence while moving a boom and the fence struck the employee, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee suffered bruising and bleeding on the kidney.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fences, fence panels, gates, 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