Incident date: 2022-08-19
NAICS industry code: 238320

Two employees were on a suspended scaffold, painting the exterior wall of a building. One side of the scaffold collapsed. One of the employees suffered an impalement to the middle of the back and a broken hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-suspended staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate