Incident date: 2017-04-10
NAICS industry code: 238220

On April 10, 2017, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was performing maintenance on a rooftop HVAC unit when he fell 19 feet through a skylight to the ground. A personal fall arrest system was not worn at the time of the incident. The employee was hospitalized with severe internal injuries such as a lacerated liver, punctured lung and head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Skylights
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate