Incident date: 2021-06-15
NAICS industry code: 334512

Employees were removing an exterior wall panel from a building. As the panel was being lowered down by a winch and a tagline, it hit a swing stage scaffold and broke into several pieces. The panel fell about 15 feet to the scaffold below and struck an AKT employee. The employee suffered two broken ribs, an internal laceration, and a puncture wound on the side of the chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate