Incident date: 2016-09-15
NAICS industry code: 238130

On 9/15/16, an employee was injured and hospitalized when the employee fell off a joist and a steel beam fell on him as he landed one floor below. The employee sustained a torn kidney and liver and fractured ribs and a knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate