Incident date: 2017-10-04
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was walking across the roof of a shopping center to locate a leak when the roof and deck gave way. He fell about 15 feet to the ground on top of merchandise, breaking ribs and his C5 vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate