Incident date: 2025-03-24
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was looking at a leak in an air conditioner coil when they stepped through the ceiling and fell approximately 10 to 11 feet. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to four ribs, their L1 vertebra, and their pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate