Incident date: 2019-04-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

An HVAC service technician was responding to a service call at a customer's residential location. The employee was investigating a portion of the HVAC system in the backyard and fell from the elevated deck to the unpaved ground below. The employee suffered contusions and lacerations to the spleen and lower arms that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Porches, balconies, decks, patios
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate