Incident date: 2016-09-10
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was standing on a scaffold to set a stone in place. The stone panel slipped out of the synthetic webbing sling and struck the scaffold platform, causing the planks to separate. The employee fell through the scaffold about 35 feet, breaking his right leg and right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate