Incident date: 2023-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was bringing materials to co-workers that were performing roofing tasks. As the employee went to observe the hole that a removed HVAC system had left, the employee fell approximately 18 feet through the hole to the concrete floor below. They sustained fractures to the skull and back as well as brain hemorrhaging.

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: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate