Incident date: 2023-05-03
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was holding a stage support beam while co-workers attached it to the stage canopy. The canopy was lowered to approximately 4 feet above the stage. The employee stepped backward and fell off the edge of the stage, landing on the pavement. The employee suffered head trauma and a chest contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate