Incident date: 2025-06-26
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was standing on temporary stair rails (wood) on the second floor of a building. The employee slipped and fell. To prevent himself from falling, he grabbed a freshly-installed concrete block, which then fell and struck the upper part of his face and head. The employee sustained lacerations to the face and skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural blocks  stone and masonry
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate