Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was walking between tie-off points and fell through a roof opening to the concrete floor 23 feet below. The employee suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a displaced left hip, a shattered left wrist, and a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate