Incident date: 2019-05-05
NAICS industry code: 515210

A technician was working in a customer's attic replacing a cable line. As the employee pulled on the cable, he lost footing on the rafter and fell through the sheet rock ceiling to the carpeted floor 9 to 10 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate