Incident date: 2017-12-28
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was installing HVAC equipment in the attic of a home when he stepped onto an un-decked section of the attic and fell through the ceiling to the floor approximately 12 feet below. He suffered several fractured ribs, a fractured left forearm, a right wrist injury, and facial lacerations above his left eye and on his lower lip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate