Incident date: 2023-10-12
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee was visually observing the work area on a pedestrian bridge and photographing the conditions. As the employee was inspecting the exposed rebar from the outside of the staircase structure along the edge, they slipped on construction dirt and debris. The employee fell approximately 12-13 feet to the concrete sidewalk below, resulting in fractures to the L1 endplate, right humeral shaft, right elbow, right distal radius, 8th rib, pelvis, and right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate