Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238140

On 10/17/2017, an employee was disassembling scaffolding and unbolted a section of the tower using wrenches. As he started to climb down, he grabbed the loose section of the tower and it gave way. He then fell about 12 feet to ground, fracturing a vertebra and both heels.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate