Incident date: 2024-02-23
NAICS industry code: 333131

At 8:43 a.m. on February 23, 2024, an employee was in an elevated positioning basket, painting a strut inside a paint booth, when the basket's mounting bracket broke away from the wall. The employee and the basket fell to the ground about 7 feet below. During the fall, the employee struck their head on an object within the paint booth and suffered a head laceration above the eyebrows. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Forehead, temple(s)
severity: moderate