Incident date: 2022-06-22
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee had finished installing a solar panel system at a residence. He removed the anchors from the roof and threw the rope to the ground. The force exerted caused the employee to lose their balance and slip on the roof. They rolled down the peak of the roof and fell roughly 20 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a concussion, C5/C6 disc herniation, and cervical neck strain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate