Incident date: 2024-08-12
NAICS industry code: 111411

An employee was on the second level of a mushroom house and nailing a crosspiece of wood to support a mushroom bed when the 2x6 stringer that holds up the 3-foot wide walkway broke and the employee fell to the ground level. The employee sustained two fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Catwalks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate