Incident date: 2017-10-30
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was disconnecting old wiring in an attic when the employee stepped onto a false board meant for drywall support and fell 12 feet through the ceiling to the floor, suffering a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate