Incident date: 2017-10-12
NAICS industry code: 331524

Two employees were repairing the baghouse door on a warehouse roof. One of the employees stepped back and a portion of the roof gave way. The employee then fell approximately 15 to 17 feet to the concrete floor of the warehouse, striking a hoist on his way own. He was hospitalized with skull fractures, vertebrae fractures, and a torn ligament.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate