Incident date: 2025-07-10
NAICS industry code: 238130

A subcontractor's employee was setting trusses on a residential new build while tied off with a harness and yo-yo. He slipped and fell. Then, the truss that he was tied to broke, allowing him to fall approximately 16 feet through the stair hole to the concrete floor in the basement. The employee sustained head and facial fractures. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate