Incident date: 2021-10-19
NAICS industry code: 517911

An employee was walking on a rooftop, placing a telecommunications wire. The employee fell through a fiberglass roof lighting panel and landed about 20 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee suffered a head laceration requiring staples, a concussion, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, multiple abrasions, and a broken bone in the hip/pelvic area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate