Incident date: 2016-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was measuring duct for insulation while standing on a sheet of plywood that had been laid across the beams of the ceiling. The end of the platform was extending over a beam, so when the employee stepped on the end of the plywood he fell approximately 8 feet. He fractured seven ribs and was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings, walls, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate