Incident date: 2024-09-18
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was hanging drywall using a scissor lift with the drywall board being hoisted up to the lift rail guards while on the ledger. The drywall board began tilting and pivoted toward the employee, striking him in the forehead and the bridge of his nose, knocking him to the floor. The employee suffered a scrape/cut on the forehead and pain in his shoulders and lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Multiple surface and flesh wounds
code_body: title: Forehead, temple(s)
severity: moderate