Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was laying standing seam metal roof decking when he stepped on insulation that was laid out underneath the metal decking and fell 30 feet through the insulation to the ground, landing on a crushed stone surface. He suffered a fractured left arm, fractured pelvis, and diaphragmatic hernia. A safety lanyard was not attached at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate