Incident date: 2020-05-16
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was installing insulation while standing on a scaffold when the employee lost balance and fell 6 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured nose and fractures to both wrists, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate