Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee had been removing baffle plates from a tower in a facility. While moving to an upper level on a scaffold, he lost his footing and fell approximately 8-9 feet to a lower level and impacted a handrail on scaffolding below. The employee sustained five fractured ribs on the right side and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, 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