Incident date: 2021-11-17
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was repairing polycarbonate roof panels on a cotton warehouse. The employee stepped on one of the polycarbonate roof panels and fell 21 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained two broken hips, a broken nose, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate