Incident date: 2021-03-09
NAICS industry code: 541350

Two employees were inspecting a house from an onsite scaffold when a scaffold board broke, causing the employees to fall approximately 7 feet to the ground. One employee suffered a sprained ankle while the second employee fractured their right ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate