Incident date: 2022-06-18
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was sheathing a roof of a two-story home when he stepped on a loose piece of plywood and slipped off the roof. The employee was wearing fall protection, but the rope was not adjusted and the employee hit the ground when he fell, resulting in a broken right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate