Incident date: 2019-08-21
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was pulling wire mesh into place on a roof deck when the employee fell 14 feet, 7 inches, through a cover-over hole to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered contusions and fractures to the right ankle, right thigh, and L4 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate