Incident date: 2019-04-11
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was standing on a disassembled section of scaffolding frame, which was lying flat on the ground connected to a second frame. The second frame was hit with a hammer to dislodge it from the first, and the employee lost his balance and fell backwards. His right jaw and head area struck an I-beam and his jaw was fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate