Incident date: 2019-09-03
NAICS industry code: 237120

A welder was working from scaffolding approximately 12 feet high when a scaffolding plank broke. The employee fell and sustained fractures to the hip and tailbone resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate