Incident date: 2025-07-13
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee had been installing ice and water shielding on a 6/12 pitch roof with a 10-foot eave height. He climbed up a ladder and was stepping onto the roof when he stepped on the release paper from the ice and water shield. He slid off the roof and landed on his back on the ground.  The employee sustained a fractured L3 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate