Incident date: 2023-11-15
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was laying down bridging (angle iron that is welded onto open web joists). He was moving backward toward the edge of a joist when his foot slipped. He lost balance and fell backward away from the structure and landed on the ground about 30 feet below. The employee sustained a broken right leg. The employee was wearing a harness but it was not connected at the time of the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate