Incident date: 2016-11-10
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee fell through a drop ceiling while servicing the condenser on a cooling unit. The employee struck a 3'x4'x5' cart and then fell to the concrete floor below, fracturing the L1 and L2 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate