Incident date: 2019-09-26
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was standing next to scaffolding, waiting for a concrete pour. A wheelbarrow, being used to move bricks from one side of the scaffolds to the next, became unbalanced. It leaned sideways and the top layer of brick fell out of the wheelbarrow and off the scaffold, striking the employee about 45 feet below. The employee suffered a broken left humerus.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bricks and pavers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate