Incident date: 2018-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was installing wall ties when he stepped on a non-scaffold-grade board and fell approximately 20 feet through to the ground below. He suffered back pain and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate