Incident date: 2025-02-12
NAICS industry code: 238910

On February 12, 2025, an employee was installing blocking in an attic space to repair a sagging sheetrock ceiling. The employee misstepped and fell through the sheetrock 10 feet and 5 inches to the ground below. The employee landed on his head and was hospitalized with a fractured skull and brain bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate