Incident date: 2021-07-28
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was descending a set of stairs that go from an access roof to a high penthouse roof. The employee slipped on wet plywood and fell off to the side of the stairs onto a roofing davit, landing on his left armpit and resulting in two broken ribs and a laceration to his left lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Stairs, steps-outdoors
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate