Incident date: 2025-02-20
NAICS industry code: 238130

On February 20, 2025, an employee was framing a new two-story home. He was installing decking on a second-story roof when he slipped and fell approximately 8 feet to the first-story roof. He then fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained broken legs that required hospitalization and surgery. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate