Incident date: 2020-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was preparing to conduct welding on a row of U-shaped piping. He was walking on a plank board placed in the saddle of the "U" when the board flipped. He fell about 10 feet to the ground below, suffering fractures to the back and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-improvised staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate