Incident date: 2024-01-16
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was helping a customer load corrugated metal roofing that was 8 feet long and weighed 10.8 pounds per sheet. The employee lost his balance and approximately 10 sheets of metal fell on top of him, resulting in a punctured lung and broken ribs on his left side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Roofing shingles and sheets
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate