Incident date: 2020-12-30
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was on a baker scaffold set at approximately 4 feet high, preparing the existing siding on a house to receive new siding at the eve of the porch roof addition. A temporary post that was supporting the roof's ridge beam was removed causing the roof structure to collapse, striking the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the left hip and left shoulder requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Roofs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate