Incident date: 2019-07-26
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was laying deck. He was attempting to untangle his retractable when he fell 27 feet onto the concrete floor below. He suffered a back fracture and puncture wound near the liver, requiring hospitalization and surgery. His retractable was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate