Incident date: 2021-08-03
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing or checking ridge vents on a metal rooftop. The employee fell to the ground about 30 feet below and suffered chipped vertebrae, a collarbone injury, an internal abdominal injury that required surgery, and a sprain or fracture to the wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate