Incident date: 2020-10-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was performing steel construction on a commercial building. He climbed out onto the long cantilever and attached his fall protection to the cantilever. The bolts which attached the cantilever to the main structure failed and the employee fell approximately 15 feet onto a hard surface. The employee sustained broken ribs, a broken elbow, and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate