Incident date: 2016-01-12
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee performing masonry work on a scaffold stepped back and fell 6 feet to the concrete floor, suffering a compound fracture to the lower right leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate