Incident date: 2021-06-18
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was in the attic of a residence that was being renovated. Most of the attic floor had been removed. A 3.5' x 3.5' area was covered with a piece of sheetrock. The employee stepped on the sheetrock and fell through it 9 feet to the floor below and sustained contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Existing floor opening
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate