Incident date: 2018-11-29
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was attempting to anchor down on the top ridge of a new two-story house (7:12 pitch) when his feet became tangled on the tie-off rope, causing him to lose his balance and eventually fall about 20 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with three broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate