Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working from a baker scaffold to install drywall on the top portion of an interior wall that separates the living room from the bedroom. As he went to place his right foot on the third rung, his foot slipped through the ladder section frame, causing him to fall backward 3.5 feet to the ground. The employee landed on his head/neck, resulting in a C2 vertebral fracture as well as a head contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate