Incident date: 2023-08-14
NAICS industry code: 333318

Employees were performing an upgrade to a simulator device. They had to access an attic area so they could run new electrical cables through the ceiling. The building had 2x6 boards laid in this area to allow someone to work without having to balance on the ceiling joists. An employee was walking on one of the 2x6 boards when it shifted. The employee fell through the ceiling to the floor approximately 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractured ribs, a fractured humerus, a partially collapsed lung, and an injured spleen. Surgery was required for the fractured humerus.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate