Incident date: 2019-02-14
NAICS industry code: 238160

On February 14, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was stepping off a ladder onto a low slope roof approximately 10 feet in height. He stepped onto a section of rotten plywood covered with asphalt shingles which gave way and he fell to the ground below. The employee injured his upper back and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Thoracic region
severity: moderate