Incident date: 2023-08-02
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was removing debris from the roof of a gymnasium when his tool struck a 4-foot by 4-foot hole cover for a skylight and he fell through the skylight approximately 24 feet to the gymnasium floor below. The employee sustained multiple injuries including fractures of the spine, elbow, wrist, ribs, and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate