Incident date: 2024-07-29
NAICS industry code: 238170

An employee was installing siding on a new residential home. The employee fell approximately 20-24 feet from a pump jack scaffold system to the ground below and struck a silt fence system during the fall. The employee sustained back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate