Incident date: 2018-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was sweeping the floor inside a building. A conduit was being installed from the outside of the building; a 4x6x5 piece of stone was jarred loose from the top of a masonry column above where the employee was sweeping. The stone fell 23 feet onto the employee's hard hat, penetrating the hat and lacerating his head. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural stones or slabs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate