Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was installing guttering at a commercial construction site when he fell approximately 28 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate