Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on his hands and knees, doing maintenance work on a roof. He stood up, became dizzy and then fell off the roof, landing 12-15 feet below. He suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis, a head contusion, and a cut to his right little finger. At the time of the incident, the employee's harness that was not tied off.

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: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate