Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was demolishing a basement floor with a sledgehammer when a section of flooring gave way and the employee fell 10 feet to the subfloor below.  The employee was hospitalized with head, neck, abdominal and back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate