Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 488310

An employee was removing sheet metal from a flat roof. He unhooked his personal fall arrest system (PFAS) to walk to a different location. He stepped on an unsupported end of the sheet metal and the sheet metal folded, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the cement floor. The employee sustained fractures to his wrist, hip, and femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate