Incident date: 2024-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was moving from a residential roof onto a scaffold. The employee fell through the scaffolding to a rock ledge about 10 feet below, suffering an injury to the back of the head that required staples. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate