Incident date: 2017-08-08
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was entering a portable water tank to erect a scaffold when he fell through a hole in the platform about 10 to 15 feet to the tank's floor. He suffered a broken left leg, back injuries, and two head lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate