Incident date: 2023-09-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was stepping onto a temporary metal decking to hook up to his retractable when the C-clamp that was being used to temporarily fasten the metal deck slipped. A sheet moved and the employee fell through the stair landing 16 feet onto the landing below, resulting in clavicle and rib fractures as well as internal injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk, unspecified
severity: moderate