Incident date: 2016-08-22
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was preparing to add a stiffener to a cross-brace and was loosening a nut on a bolt of the cross-brace. After the nut was removed from the bolt, the cross-brace moved and the employee's fall protection slid off the cross-brace. He fell approximately 45.6 feet to the ground, breaking his ribs, collarbone, and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Towers, poles, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate