Incident date: 2019-08-16
NAICS industry code: 237130

After erecting and connecting a base to a mid tower section, employees were preparing to lower tools. An employee fell through a hatch (open so that tools could be lowered) to the concrete 60 feet below and suffered fractured ribs, a fracture to the T-12 vertebrae, a knee injury, and laceration to the back of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate