Incident date: 2023-06-09
NAICS industry code: 561710

An employee was removing an empty animal cage from near the top of a residential roof in order to repair roof damage. The cage caught their legs while walking and the employee fell 18 feet to the ground sustaining fractures to both ankles. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate