Incident date: 2024-07-08
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was in an attic, looking for a leak, when he stepped through the ceiling. He caught himself and stopped his fall, but suffered an abdominal internal injury. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Intestines, peritoneum  unspecified
severity: moderate