Incident date: 2024-02-12
NAICS industry code: 238110

On February 12, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., an employee and a co-worker were working from a swing stage scaffold. The employee was talking to the co-worker, who was above him, while standing on the pick board. He was holding a jackhammer. The jack hammer fell, causing both employees to fall. The co-worker was tied off, but the employee fell approximately 30 feet to the ground, resulting in an injury to his lower vertebrae.

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