Incident date: 2024-07-16
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was painting a temporary marking on a roof. The employee slipped in wet paint and fell off the roof to the ground about 18.5 feet below. The employee suffered two broken wrists and a broken rib and was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate