Incident date: 2024-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was working from a scaffold approximately 15 feet high to nail sheet rock to an interior wall. The employee fell backward and the scaffold collapsed. The employee was hospitalized with a shattered right shin and ankle and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate