Incident date: 2016-01-05
NAICS industry code: 238150

Four employees were setting up a suspended scaffold. Three employees were on a level above. The injured employee was standing on a lower level, receiving materials from the employees working above. The employee stepped backwards and fell approximately 8 to 10 feet, breaking multiple back bones.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-suspended staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate