Incident date: 2021-04-29
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing wood blocking on a south elevation parapet wall. While completing the task, the employee climbed through a guardrail system to access the security fencing area on a roof at an inmate recreation yard. The employee fell through the fencing, and the employee's fall protection rope snapped/tore. The employee landed on the concrete floor about 14 feet below, suffering a broken rib and a fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures and surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate