Incident date: 2022-05-16
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was putting up blocking in trusses during construction of a restaurant. When the employee moved to a new blocking area, he stepped onto a 2 x 4 truss bridge. The fasteners holding the truss bridge pulled out, causing the employee to fall 10 feet onto an upright 8-foot ladder and then onto an air tank. The employee sustained a broken right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate