Incident date: 2020-07-24
NAICS industry code: 321999

On July 24, 2020, a maintenance technician was demolishing a 10-foot-high structure inside a manufacturing facility. He had removed the structure's plywood roof and was about to climb down a ladder when the fascia board collapsed and knocked him down. He fell about 10 feet, striking a table and the floor. He suffered a broken jaw and bruising to his face, shoulders, and thighs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate