Incident date: 2025-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238110

The injured employee was standing on a deck that was approximately 2 feet off the ground. His new supervisor walked up to him to shake his hand. The injured employee bent down to shake the supervisor's hand, lost his balance and fell off the deck. He landed on the floor and sustained multiple fractures to the  left wrist. The employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate