Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was placing base plates on the floor when he noticed another base plate falling off the deck. As he reached for it, he fell through a guardrail system on the second story deck to the dirt ground below. The employee sustained fractures to the nasal bone as well as vertebrae in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions. The employee also suffered fluid in his lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate