Incident date: 2023-09-01
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was laying down felt paper on a new residential property when they fell approximately 21 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures of the L2 vertebra, right tibia, and left wrist as well as a left heel dislocation. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate