Incident date: 2019-11-30
NAICS industry code: 236220

During a project to make way for a fire sprinkler system, employees were doing demolition work. While approximately 15 feet above the concrete floor, the employees worked from a 2x12x20 plank in the rafters. The injured employee was using a leaf rake to remove insulation when the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete floor below, suffering a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate