Incident date: 2023-05-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was connecting studs to the ceiling when he stepped through a studded wall into the opening of a stairwell without flooring. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the basement floor and sustained a right humerus fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate