Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was painting a side wall on a roof. The employee stepped back and fell through a hole that had been cut in the roof. They landed on the ground and sustained a broken back requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate