Incident date: 2020-07-18
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was working on an HVAC system replacing a belt on an exhaust fan. The cover to the exhaust fan was on his left on the roof surface. The employee took a picture of his completed work,   and stepped to the left when his pants caught on the edge of the exhaust fan cover. He then fell backwards onto a rooftop access hatch. The employee sustained three broken vertebrae and four broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Roofs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate