Incident date: 2022-11-03
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was working from 6 feet off the ground during a roof-building project. He fell through the ceiling; his chest hit a beam as he fell, and after he landed, a sander fell through the ceiling onto him. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken sternum and five broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate