Incident date: 2022-06-08
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee and a contractor were on the roof of a warehouse to assess leaks when the employee stepped onto a skylight and fell approximately 25-30 feet to the floor of the warehouse. The employee suffered an L2 vertebrae break, a compound radial fracture of the left elbow, a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured left hand/wrist, and a fractured right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate