Incident date: 2016-05-05
NAICS industry code: 238140

Two employees were working on a scaffolding system that toppled over injuring both employees on May 5, 2016, at approximately 0930 hours. One employee fell directly onto a small structure near the scaffold and suffered a broken pelvis, shoulder, ribs, and wrist on his right side. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries. The second employee fell directly on the bare ground and suffered a small laceration on his leg. The second employee was treated and released.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate