Incident date: 2015-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was climbing off of a carpenter's bracket scaffold into a second-story window. He missed the window sill, hung from the scaffold decking, and fell to the ground. He suffered internal bleeding and was hospitalized. A personal fall arrest system was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging supported by structure or other means
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate