Incident date: 2018-10-01
NAICS industry code: 562910

On October 1, 2018, at approximately 2:15 a.m., during removal of asbestos containing 1/4-inch transite panels, an employee walked along the nailing strips where the panels were secured by nails to the structure. As the employee walked from the top row of panels towards the ladder access point, a transite panel broke and the employee fell 20.6 feet to the concrete surface below the roof. The employee was admitted to the hospital and treated for fractures to three vertebra and the pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roof surfaces other than roof edge
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate