Incident date: 2019-01-02
NAICS industry code: 236115

A carpenter was walking on trusses eight feet above the ground at a residential home construction site. He lost his footing and fell toward the ground. He was wearing a safety harness and lanyard that activated and stopped his fall. His safety helmet fell off and he crashed into the plywood siding of the house. The collision with the plywood caused a laceration to the head requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate