Incident date: 2020-05-05
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was installing exterior handrails on the fourth floor of a multi-family residential building under construction when the employee fell approximately 40 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with leg and back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate