Incident date: 2017-08-02
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was conducting sheet decking on a roof that was approximately 10 to 14 feet from a lower level when he slipped and fell to the concrete floor below. He fractured his sacral area, right wrist, right elbow, and L1-L2 and L4-L5 vertebrae, requiring hospitalization. The employee was not tied off at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate