Incident date: 2024-05-03
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was removing masonry wall bracing when a 16-foot plank fell and struck them on the head. They were paralyzed from the waist down and hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Beams, rods, blocks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate