Incident date: 2015-09-19
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was taking measurements for a project estimate and fell off a second story roof breaking ribs and vertebrae and puncturing a lung. The employee was not wearing fall protection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate