Incident date: 2024-12-30
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was in a boom lift to install PVC panels into a skylight dormer. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the concrete ground inside the building and sustained fractures to their right ankle, tibia, fibula, and scapula, as well as head trauma, a brain bleed, two fractured ribs on the left side, and lumbar fractures. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate