Incident date: 2016-02-11
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee went on the roof to clean plastic debris. He noticed a piece of plastic by the leading edge of the roof. When he attempted to remove it, he slipped and fell about 13 feet from the leading edge of the roof to hard-packed dirt below, breaking both legs. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate