Incident date: 2019-03-27
NAICS industry code: 238390

An employee was walking on the rafters in an attic while blowing fiberglass. He stepped on a 2-by-4 board, which slipped out of place, causing him to lose his balance and fall through the ceiling. He suffered a broken right elbow and three compressed vertebrae in his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Ceilings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate