Incident date: 2021-05-28
NAICS industry code: 321992

A mobile scaffold had fallen over and come to rest against a catwalk. A team of 10 to 12 employees were trying to right it when it moved off the catwalk, then fell to the ground. One of its crossbars struck an employee, who was trapped between the scaffold and the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate