Incident date: 2025-08-30
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was conducting pressure washing on the roof of a commercial building. The employee fell through a fiberglass skylight panel and struck the concrete pavement approximately 30 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, femur, and heel. The employee was using fall protection at the time of the incident, including a harness and lanyard, but it failed to arrest the fall.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate