Incident date: 2018-01-29
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was performing roofing operations at a house when he walked over the opening of a skylight that had been covered with insulation and fell through it approximately 8 feet to the ground. He received cuts to his head, possible broken ribs, and a back injury, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Skylights
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate