Incident date: 2023-03-01
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee removed plywood that was covering a hole so that a crane could fly in a flange. The employee fell through the hole in the floor, contacting a flange approximately 41 inches below. The employee then fell approximately 47 inches, contacting an aluminum step stool, before falling approximately 19 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate