Incident date: 2015-09-02
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was performing preliminary work before siding work when a guardrail gave way, causing the employee to fall from a third-story platform to the ground. The employee broke both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate