Incident date: 2019-01-25
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was working on a flat roof with a 2-foot parapet. He was laying a roll of tar paper when he stumbled and fell over the parapet onto an adjacent scaffold and then fell down to the ground. The 30-foot fall caused a head fracture and a broken arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof edges
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate