Incident date: 2023-03-22
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee had climbed a 32-foot extension ladder to a second story rooftop of a residential home to install HVAC components. He walked to the peak of the roof where a temporary roof anchor was installed. While reaching to connect his lifeline to the roof anchor, his feet slipped on a moisture barrier that was wet due to melted ice. He slid down the roof and then fell approximately 19 feet, 10 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a scaphoid fracture to the left wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate