Incident date: 2024-10-02
NAICS industry code: 312230

On October 2, 2024, at approximately 9:15 AM, an employee was hanging drywall when the scaffold planking shifted and they fell about 69 inches from the scaffold to the carpet-covered concrete floor. The employee struck their head on the floor and was hospitalized with a laceration to the front of their head that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate