Incident date: 2020-01-16
NAICS industry code: 712110

An employee was climbing a scaffold near the captain's deck of a ship to paint the hull when the scaffold began to fall. The employee jumped 7 to 8 feet as the scaffold was falling, landing on his feet. He broke his left ankle, suffered a compound fracture to his right foot, and ruptured a lower disk.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate