Incident date: 2016-03-01
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was working early in the morning at a residential construction site, using a ladder to reach a gable to install corners finishing work. He stepped onto the icy roof, slipped, and fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the ground, crushing/fracturing his vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate