Incident date: 2025-08-21
NAICS industry code: 541310

An employee was working on unscrewing a knee wall panel (corrugated metal) next to an unguarded stairwell in order to expose the structure behind it. He lost his balance and fell 7 feet to the concrete landing of the stairwell. He was hospitalized with lacerations on the front and back of his head, fractures to both forearms, and a knee injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate