Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was working on the third floor of a construction site attaching trusses when a hoisted truss caught his safety lanyard, causing him to fall to the ground below. The employee suffered multiple fractures in his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate