Incident date: 2015-07-30
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee accessed the roof to attach his fall protection at the peak so he could start loading shingles. He stepped on a toe board, which dislodged and caused him to fall 10 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roof surfaces other than roof edge
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate