Incident date: 2019-11-27
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was on a flat, single-story roof inspecting temporary waterproofing. As the employee inspected a corner, a full sheet of plywood (spanning a section where two jack rafters had not yet been installed) shifted diagonally. The employee fell about 13 feet to the dirt below. He suffered fractured back vertebrae and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate