Incident date: 2017-07-25
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was straddling a beam approximately 19 feet above the ground when he lost his balance while preparing to connect a beam being hoisted into place by a crane. He fell to the ground, striking dirt and the first course of cement block around the building's foundation. He fractured his nose and arm and was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate