Incident date: 2023-08-16
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on a roof installing asphalt shingles on a two-story building. He slid about 12 feet on the sloped roof before falling about 20 feet to the ground. He sustained a broken right hip that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate