Incident date: 2021-03-12
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was working in a basement, keeping the area secure while other employees drilled down from the floor above. The concrete core drilled out from the floor above fell down, struck the rim of the core-catching bucket, then fell about 15 feet further, striking the employee's hardhat and then the back of his head and neck. He suffered a laceration to the back of the head and a ruptured cervical disk.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate