Incident date: 2016-10-12
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing wood backers for a roof and he tripped over the backer. His left arm hit a sharp valley in the metal causing a laceration when he fell. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate