Incident date: 2019-01-07
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was working on an elevated surface when he walked across a board to grab a piece of equipment. Upon returning to his work area, the board he was walking on gave way and he fell 10 feet to the concrete below, breaking his elbow. A harness was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate