Incident date: 2023-04-11
NAICS industry code: 562910

Employees had been reinstalling windows into the exterior wall of a building, which involved sliding the windows into the framework of the building and screwing them in place. An employee was on the first or second floor when the ceiling above collapsed onto him. He sustained fractures to a shoulder, vertebrae, ribs, both legs, and also sustained a bruise. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate