Incident date: 2023-05-23
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was on a scaffold approximately 10 feet, 4 inches high operating a handheld concrete cutting saw. The saw kicked back and knocked the employee off the scaffold to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder, fractured right humerus, and a possible vertebral fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate