Incident date: 2018-04-27
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was cleaning her workstation and organizing her files when a section of the acoustical ceiling (tiles and grid), adjacent light fixtures, and portions of the plaster ceiling above suddenly collapsed due to a prolonged, concealed steam leak that weakened the fastener connections. She sustained a cut to her head, bruise to her head, scratches on her neck, a scratch to her left hand, and irritation to her right hand, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate