Incident date: 2018-06-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was laying decking material for a reinforced concrete roof. The employee was not able to get decking material under a piece of bent rebar. The employee was attempting to bend the rebar up when it suddenly became free from the cinder block wall, causing the employee to lose balance at the leading edge and fall approximately 10 feet to the floor. The employee fractured the left wrist and femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate