Incident date: 2019-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working on commercial roof to pick up a debris and materials. He picked up a piece of plywood put there by another contractor. He did not know it was covering a 4' x 4' hole, stepped in it, and fell 20 feet to the concrete below, breaking his right foot and requiring stitches on his left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate