Incident date: 2015-09-22
NAICS industry code: 238330

A flooring employee was cleaning an area on the fourth floor of a new construction project. The  employee lifted a piece of plywood that was covering a floor opening and then fell through the hole to the third floor. The employee fell approximately 16 feet, fracturing his lower back and tail bone areas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple back regions
severity: moderate