Incident date: 2021-08-10
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was walking by sheets of drywall stored against the wall of a residential structure under construction. A gust of wind blew the sheets over and they struck the employee's left leg, lacerating and fracturing the upper leg and knee. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate