Incident date: 2018-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238160

Employees were getting off the roof of a single-story home due to rain. While retrieving tools from the roof, an employee slipped on the wet panels and fell to the ground, about 10 to 12 feet below. He suffered a broken right ankle and was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate