Incident date: 2018-11-02
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was adjusting his lanyard to get more slack so he could move to a different part of the roof he was working on. He slipped and fell 8 feet from the leading edge of the roof to the ground, breaking his arm. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate