Incident date: 2017-03-29
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was installing metal panels on a residential roof while wearing fall protection (harness, tied off to roof anchor) when he lost his balance and fell. The roof anchor failed, and the employee fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, bruising his vertebrae and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate