Incident date: 2021-11-30
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was installing drywall inside a home, working from a wooden plank positioned across the top of a doorframe and a metal plank. The plank shifted and the worker fell to the plywood floor more than 10 feet below and struck his head resulting in a loss of consciousness and concussion. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate