Incident date: 2020-05-06
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was removing a small piece of drywall that also had a ceramic tile attached. After it was removed from its metal stud framing, the material fell toward the floor, and the ceramic tile cut through his work boot and lacerated the top of his left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate