Incident date: 2019-08-07
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was installing plywood on a roof. The plywood was staged on forklift forks that were raised approximately 12 feet. The employee climbed from the roof onto the forks of the forklift to retrieve the plywood. The employee was kneeling on the stack of plywood when it fell to the ground. The employee fell with the plywood approximately 12 feet onto concrete, requiring hospitalization for a fractured left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate