Incident date: 2022-11-22
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was standing on a ledge of a precast T-girder using a trowel with mortar to fill recesses in the beam. The employee fell approximately three feet, six inches from the ledge to the ground, striking a concrete block and possibly the adjacent girder that was located behind him. He sustained fractures of the right fifth through ninth ribs, a contusion to the forearm, abrasion and contusion to the face, and a laceration to the tongue and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate