Incident date: 2021-05-25
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was installing an exterior window from a swing stage. As the employee was climbing down through the scaffolding to a lower level, his hand slipped and he fell to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs, a punctured lung, liver damage, and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-suspended staging
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate