Incident date: 2022-05-12
NAICS industry code: 238120

While installing steel decking on the sixth story, an employee walked on unsecured decking that displaced causing the employee to fall approximately 10 feet to a lower level. The employee sustained a broken fibula requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate