Incident date: 2016-12-29
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was installing decking and transferring from a static fall protection line. The employee disconnected from one anchor and was trying to reattach to another when the employee fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate