Incident date: 2017-12-21
NAICS industry code: 238120

While installing a soffit on the bottom of a roof, an employee walked backwards off the work platform and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and possible rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate