Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee (employee 1) working on a commercial roof project entered a dumpster on site to move and secure some debris. Another employee (employee 2) threw debris from the roof down into the dumpster, and the debris struck employee 1's hand. Employee 1 was hospitalized for multiple fractures to their hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate