Incident date: 2021-01-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was installing a sheet metal roof. The employee stepped on a section of the sheet metal roof and it gave way, causing the employee to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a brain hemorrhage, severe facial fractures, a rib fracture, and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate