Incident date: 2016-03-02
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was wearing a full harness, shock absorbing lanyard, rope, and anchor while working on the second floor roof. The employee slipped on a peel-and-stick felt pad and fell. He landed on his feet and fractured his right hip. He had 38 feet of rope laid out and the roof height was 23 feet.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate