Incident date: 2016-07-05
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was attempting to remove a roof panel at a construction site when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet through an opening in the roof. He broke both wrists and was hospitalized. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate