Incident date: 2024-01-23
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was on a rafter in an attic installing attic rulers when they slipped and fell approximately 9 feet through the sheetrock to the floor below. The employee suffered a crush injury to the L6 and L7 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Trunk  unspecified
severity: moderate