Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was in an attic to evaluate the material required to reinstall a plumbing vent in a garage. The employee fell through the ceiling and landed 8 feet below on the concrete floor of the garage. The employee sustained a compression fracture to their L1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate