Incident date: 2016-07-06
NAICS industry code: 238210

The employee was tracing the power source of the AC unit on the roof and went to the third floor to disconnect the power. He stepped on a plywood piece that came loose, and he and the plywood fell down to the lower level. The impact caused him to tumble from that level to the ground. He was hospitalized with a gash to his head, three fractured neck vertebrae, and left wrist and back trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate