Incident date: 2025-06-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was helping to replace a metal roof. The crew had set up roof anchors and self-retracting lifelines and was getting ready to install temporary metal panels over all existing skylights. The employee stepped backward and fell through a fiberglass skylight panel. He fell approximately 13 feet to the ground and was hospitalized with multiple rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Skylights or other existing roof openings
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate