Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was retrieving paint from a trash box that had been raised with a forklift to a second story balcony. The employee fell from the second story, landing about 18 feet below and suffering a dislocated right shoulder and a broken right elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate