Incident date: 2021-09-02
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was hoisting an 18-inch, 6-foot wooden work platform from the ground to a height of 12 feet. The cleat used to secure the rope failed causing the platform to fall 2-3 feet. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate