Incident date: 2017-06-07
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was removing a sheet of oriented strand board from the floor when he fell 5 feet through a floor hole to an HVAC duct below. He suffered a collapsed lung, two broken ribs, and a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate