Incident date: 2018-03-30
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was performing HVAC maintenance at the ceiling level. While he was moving his fall protection lanyard from one side of a beam to another, the working surface on which he was standing collapsed. He fell to the floor, breaking three ribs and his scapula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate