Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 238130

On July 11, 2024, at 8:00 AM, an employee was installing floor decking (plywood). He was working from an elevated platform on the first floor of a commercial building when he fell approximately 6-9 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate