Incident date: 2023-10-05
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was on a roof when they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra of the spine that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate