Incident date: 2020-08-31
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was doing masonry work from a scaffold. A board dislodged when the employee stepped on it; the employee fell through the scaffolding to the ground about 12 to 15 feet below, suffering a head injury requiring staples, a left leg injury that required stitches, and a broken/sprained foot . The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate