Incident date: 2023-11-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was sheathing a subfloor from a 10-foot height. The wind picked up and a piece of sheathing struck the employee, causing him to fall 10 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both wrists.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate