Incident date: 2015-08-26
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was replacing a missing shingle on the cedar shake roof of a 2-story residence. He  stepped on a loose shingle, slipped, and fell 20 feet to a cobblestoned area of ground below. He sustained three cracked vertebrae and a bruised lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate