Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on the second level of the roof with his harness on and was preparing anchors to start work. The employee fell 15-20 feet through a hole and suffered broken ribs, a torn right lung, a ruptured spleen, a broken pelvis and bleeding on the brain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate