Incident date: 2025-05-27
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was on stilts to take measurements for framing a ceiling. He tripped over plywood and fell, striking a 1 5/8" ceiling track that lacerated his wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a torn tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Gymnasium and exercise equipment
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate