Incident date: 2021-12-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

Four employees were on a warehouse roof replacing the metal sheets. An employee stepped on a piece of insulation that was not covered by the roof and fell about 30 feet to the concrete floor. The employee suffered cervical fractures and head trauma and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surfaces other than roof edge
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate