Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was preparing to frame up a wall on the second floor and fell approximately 16 feet through a 5' x 5' opening in the floor. The employee struck the wood guardrail on the first floor. The employee sustained facial fractures, fractured ribs, a fractured hip, bleeding on the brain and a spleen injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate