Incident date: 2017-08-04
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was on an A-frame ladder receiving floor trusses from a coworker when he slipped and fell off the ladder. He had nails in his pocket and they fell to the ground. The right side of his head landed on the nails and was punctured, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate