Incident date: 2024-10-15
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was working from a mobile scaffold while touching up a ceiling when one of the wheels fell into a hole in the floor, causing it to tip over. The employee fell from the scaffold to the floor below. The employee hit the back of his head on the floor, resulting in head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Head  unspecified
severity: moderate