Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was pulling  tubular welded scaffold frames from a storage area and loading them onto the forks of a forklift. The frames were sitting on ground that was muddy and a few frames fell and knocked the employee over. He fell onto a raised concrete manhole cover and sustained three broken ribs and a possible back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate