Incident date: 2015-08-14
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was tearing down an office wall while standing on a rafter using a pry bar and hammer. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 9 feet to the lower ground level, breaking his right arm and wrist and injuring his right elbow. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate