Incident date: 2018-11-05
NAICS industry code: 238160

A roofer was on a one-tier rolling scaffold, applying lateral pressure to metal roof sheeting. The scaffold fell over and the employee struck the pavement, suffering a bruised right elbow and a fractured vertebra and needing stitches to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate