Incident date: 2017-08-21
NAICS industry code: 238390

An employee placed a 4-foot ladder on top of a 5-foot scaffold and climbed up the ladder to install drywall when the scaffold and employee fell over. The employee suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate