Incident date: 2025-05-07
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was reconfiguring a scaffold after moving it. The employee screwed walk boards together and went to test it when the screws came out and the boards gave way. He fell 16 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his T11 and T12 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  thoracic region
severity: moderate