Incident date: 2023-12-08
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was putting pallets of roof tiles onto a residential roof. The employee fell 20 feet and sustained fractures to their spine, left hip, left fibula, and right ankle. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate