Incident date: 2017-04-17
NAICS industry code: 336411

An employee was masking the aircraft windshield while standing on a portable work stand. The work stand rolled, causing the employee to fall approximately 50 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured fibula and a fracture of the L2 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate