Incident date: 2021-12-09
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was standing on top of a wall placing a tarp onto a pile of mulch when the tarp ripped and threw the worker off balance. The employee fell approximately 6 to 7 feet off the wall, resulting in a broken rib and a possible fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate