Incident date: 2016-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was pulling MC cable on a catwalk and had to step over some ductwork when his heel caught some of the ductwork, causing him to trip off the catwalk and fall 15 feet through a ceiling. He broke the femur, scapula, and patella on the left side of his body. There was no railing on the catwalk at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate