Incident date: 2016-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was removing the nails securing two scaffolding planks together. A coworker had removed the support beam beneath the scaffold platform. When the employee removed the nail holding the two overlapping scaffold planks together, the planks collapsed, and the employee fell 8 feet to the concrete floor, face first. The employee suffered a broken right upper arm, broken cheek bones, and a broken nose.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate