Incident date: 2023-05-10
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was standing on a 13-foot-high plank while installing shoring for building an apartment complex. The employee was tied off to the plank that he was removing. The plank dropped to the ground, pulling the employee down 13 feet. He sustained fractures to his upper leg, pelvis, and three right-side ribs as well as a sore right shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate