Incident date: 2021-04-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was helping secure bridge beams that were being set when a beam broke. Concrete pieces of the beam fell and one piece struck the employee, knocking him off the column he was standing on. The employee was wearing a harness and his lanyard deployed, curtailing the fall. The employee swung back into the column, resulting in a fractured rib and lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Bridges, dams, locks
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate