Incident date: 2016-07-03
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was measuring wind turbine blades on a scaffold when the scaffold hoist malfunctioned, causing the employee to fall approximately 140 feet to the ground and suffer severe body injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-suspended staging
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate