Incident date: 2019-02-20
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was on an A-frame ladder, using a beam clamp to guide a truss onto a beam on a new home. The beam clamp broke and the employee fell about 6-7 feet to the ground, suffering back contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate