Incident date: 2025-02-21
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was working on a roof. He stepped onto a rotted section of skylight and fell 27 feet to the floor below. The employee sustained brain swelling, facial fractures and swelling, two broken arms and a broken right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Skylights or other existing roof openings
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate