Incident date: 2025-05-14
NAICS industry code: 238990

On May 14, 2025, an employee was on a scaffold measuring and planning where to drill holes. The scaffold collapsed, and the employee fell 8 feet to the ground impacting a nearby metal object. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury that required surgery.

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: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate