Incident date: 2018-01-17
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on the roof of a building installing his anchor point to hook up his personal fall protection when he slipped on an ice patch and fell 21 feet to the ground below. He broke both wrists, both arms, his left leg, and his left hip, requiring hospitalization.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate