Incident date: 2024-11-11
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was helping lay down insulation on a roof when he stepped on a banding system used to hold insulation in place. The banding snapped and the employee fell from the roof to a concrete slab below, striking his shoulder and the side of his head. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his ribs and arm, as well as a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate