Incident date: 2025-04-29
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was resetting an air handling unit in a mechanical room on a roof. He completed the task and exited the mechanical room, stepping up onto a 14-inch high roof expansion that had a metal top cap near the leading edge. He slipped off the top cap and fell approximately 18.5 feet to the courtyard below. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate