Incident date: 2020-04-06
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was part of a roofing crew that was demolishing a roof. The employee was walking toward the roof ladder when he fell through a section of the roof that had been cut out. He landed on the ground about 18-20 feet below, broke the left leg, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate