Incident date: 2023-01-31
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was connecting stringer beams to the floor beam when he fell 21 feet from a beam onto a work barge in the river below. The employee sustained fractures of the right forearm, two fingers, and pelvis, as well as a forehead laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate