Incident date: 2020-04-20
NAICS industry code: 236116

An employee was cleaning up a job site and throwing a board into a dumpster when he was struck by a sheet of siding that was dropped from a boom lift 20 feet above. He suffered multiple head contusions; abrasions to the head, neck, back, and chest; and fractured ribs. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Other building materials-solid elements, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate