| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-05 | Lawnside | Nj | ECOLAB, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was walking a crawl space, looking for signs of pests. The employee fell through the ceiling to the ground 12 feet below, suffering a lower back injury. | |||||
| 2020-10-16 | Batavia | Oh | Orkin | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee received multiple yellow jacket stings after leaving the crawl space of a customer's home and suffered an allergic reaction. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Harvey Cedars | Nj | Blue Spruce Management | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was vacuuming sand from a residential crawl space when the vacuum caught the employee's left arm causing a hematoma. | |||||
| 2019-09-10 | Highlands Ranch | Colorado | OnPoint Medical Group | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee walked into a storage closet and fell into an uncovered crawl space. The light was off at the time. | |||||
| 2019-04-05 | Whitfield | Mississippi | Upchurch Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was repairing plumbing under the crawl space of a residential dwelling when a spider bit the employee's abdomen, causing an infection that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | Birmingham | Alabama | Action Environmental LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After removing dirt from a residential crawl space for 8 hours, an employee experienced cramping, nausea, and vomiting from heat exhaustion. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | Naples | Florida | ROYAL POINCIANA GOLF CLUB, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| An employee was leaving for the day and walking toward the employee exit. She walked through the kitchen and was turning the corner when she fell through an open hatch to a crawl space under the kitchen that was going to be sprayed for bugs. She broke three ribs and bruised her shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Mount Bethel | Pennsylvania | Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was running wire through a crawl space when he fell through the drywall ceiling and landed 18 feet below on a concrete surface, suffering blunt force trauma to the head, a severe laceration to the leg, and a fractured lower back. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | New York City | New York | UDR Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was servicing an HVAC system in a ceiling crawl space. As she was walking in the crawl space, she stepped on a closed access panel that suddenly opened. She fell to the ground below and hit a table, fracturing her hip. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Plano | Texas | TEC Environmental, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was working in a crawl space above the ceiling cleaning out debris during roof repairs. The employee fell 18 feet through a hatch door to the concrete ground below breaking both ankles and sustaining a head laceration. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Solon | Ohio | Western Reserve Water Systems Inc | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was working in a ceiling crawl space installing an air line. While attempting to switch position, he lost his balance and cut his left wrist with a utility knife. Because the knife hit an artery he was kept over-night while surgeons determined whether or not surgery would be needed. | |||||
| 2015-06-26 | Midland | Texas | The Bosworth Company | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee climbed an 8-foot ladder to get into the crawl space in the ceiling and fell. | |||||