Incident date: 2021-11-16
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was installing insulation to a new commercial building. The employee fell through a hole in the roof paneling to the concrete ground 25 feet below and suffered facial fractures, a broken left wrist, broken ribs on the left side of their body, and a punctured lung. The employee was not tied off at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate