Incident date: 2025-02-25
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was working on the fifth floor of a building. He was tossing an air hose from one side to the other when the air hose wrapped around his leg, causing him to stumble forward into the guardrail, which gave way. The employee fell approximate 48 feet to the ground and landed on his feet. He was hospitalized with multiple leg injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate