Incident date: 2017-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working in the breezeway of a new construction townhome and  reached over a guardrail to hand a ladder down to another employee. When he put pressure on the guardrail it gave way and he fell through the upper and mid-rail to the ground, landing on the other employee. He broke his hip and lacerated his head, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate