Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 238320

On August 20, 2025, an employee was working from a scaffold while painting the inside of a 30-by-30-foot ground-level water tank. While descending the scaffold, a wheel on the brace broke and the scaffold tipped over. The employee fell approximately 18 feet to the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate