Incident date: 2024-07-02
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was installing steel siding when a piece became stuck and the rigging was pulled from the siding. A panel of the siding (approximately 28" x 12' and 28 pounds) then fell and struck them in the right arm, resulting in a laceration to the right bicep and brachial artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Exterior siding
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate