Incident date: 2022-02-14
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was vacuuming heavy metals in the attic of a building when he fell through a sheet rock ceiling and landed on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with lower back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate