Incident date: 2018-01-03
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was descending a carpenter bracket scaffold. The scaffold shifted and the ladder moved causing the employee to lose balance and fall 20 feet. The employee sustained a broken right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate