Incident date: 2019-07-28
NAICS industry code: 453220

A maintenance employee was attempting to repair a dripping A/C unit on top of a mezzanine when he fell 9 feet through a drop ceiling, suffering a head injury, broken ribs, broken vertebrae, and a concussion. The mezzanine was not fully guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate