Incident date: 2016-03-23
NAICS industry code: 236115

While installing vinyl siding on a roof, an employee fell approximately 8 feet to the lower ground level, sustaining compound fractures to the right leg, tibia, and fibula. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate