Incident date: 2023-10-06
NAICS industry code: 238350

On October 6, 2023, an employee was working on a residential roof. To prepare for the coming rain, the employee was laying plastic sheeting over the exposed roof and painting it to indicate where not to step. The employee stepped on the sheeting and fell approximately 13 feet, sustaining three broken vertebrae and a broken rib that required surgery. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate