Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was replacing an HVAC unit in a residential home. While he was in the attic space above the garage, the wood he was walking on broke, causing the employee to fall through the sheetrock to the concrete floor below. The employee bumped his head and sustained a shoulder injury as well as a broken ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate