Incident date: 2023-10-12
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was on mobile scaffolding installing stucco onto the side of a building when a forklift struck the scaffold, causing it to fall over. The employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete driveway below, resulting in four rib fractures. They were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate