Incident date: 2019-09-11
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was installing purlins while tied off to a truss on a new construction commercial building. The truss rolled over and the employee fell approximately 16 feet to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate