Incident date: 2017-08-22
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was picking up trash on a roof when he fell through the rotted metal roof 7 feet to the ground below. A piece of metal cut him from his stomach to his esophagus, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate