Incident date: 2024-07-19
NAICS industry code: 517410

An employee was standing on a rooftop using rope to lower a bundled advertising copy to the ground to a second employee. The rope got tangled in the employee's harness/lanyard or foot, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the sidewalk below. The employee landed on their feet and fractured both heels. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate