Incident date: 2016-05-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee received lacerations to his head and numbness in his fingertips when he was hit in the head with a piece of scaffold component that fell approximately 15 feet. The employee was wearing his hard hat.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate