Incident date: 2019-04-30
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was removing roofing material from a retail store front canopy. The employee was walking on plywood that had been placed over the support braces. The employee stepped into an area that did not have plywood and fell to the ground. His fall was partially arrested by his safety harness. The employee suffered fractures to the face, nose and right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate