Incident date: 2023-08-15
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was connecting a steel beam when he took a step back and lost his footing. The employee fell from the horizontal I-beam approximately 14 feet, landing on his feet on the ground surface. He sustained a broken left ankle and right heel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate