Incident date: 2021-09-01
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was walking on top of floor joists, proceeding back to finish installing the joist hangers. The employee lost his balance when he stepped on an unsecured floor joist and fell approximately 20 feet to the floor. He sustained a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate