Incident date: 2015-09-18
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was working on an enclosed balcony putting up flashing between the balcony and the porch. The employee went on the outside of the balcony. He was holding on to the railing when it became loose and he fell approximately nine feet to the ground below injuring the hip, shoulder, ribs and lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate