Incident date: 2025-08-21
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was on a mobile scaffold to remove a drywall partition when the partition fell onto the scaffold, causing it to fall. The employee also fell to the ground and sustained a torn hip muscle and a hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
code_nature: title: Multiple soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate