Incident date: 2019-07-31
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee spraying product onto the ceiling of a building fell to the concrete floor from a 39-inch scaffold. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured spleen and a left shoulder injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate