Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was dismantling a four-tier scaffolding system. When the employee stepped on a wooden scaffold plank, it failed and the employee fell to the cement floor about 28 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones and body and head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate