Incident date: 2018-03-08
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee had accessed a snow-covered roof to set up roof anchors for a solar panel installation job. While he was clearing snow from the roof edge, he fell 18 feet to the ground below, suffering cracked ribs and a hairline fracture to his hip/pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate