Incident date: 2020-09-25
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was making improvements to a railing on an upper floor of a steel structure. The employee fell 14 feet through a roof opening to a lower level and sustained seven broken ribs, and fractures to the wrist, elbow, and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate