Incident date: 2019-09-10
NAICS industry code: 238160

While throwing roofing material from the roof into a dumpster on ground level, an employee fell approximately 18 feet from the roof to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate