Incident date: 2020-02-24
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was conducting demolition and repair work on a concrete parking garage stairwell. The employee began to remove concrete slabs from the top of the second-floor platform when the metal sub-sheet underneath him collapsed and he fell approximately 10 feet through the opening. He landed on the concrete ground and sustained fractures to his hands and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate