Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was replacing the graphic on a billboard. He was working on the last strap when it snapped, causing him to fall to the ground and suffer a broken arm and a pelvis injury. He was wearing fall protection, but it was not secured to the grating at the time of the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate