Incident date: 2021-11-01
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was pulling wire from an attic when he slipped and fell through the drywall ceiling to the floor, about 7 or 8 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his elbow and ribs, as well as possible lung damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 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