Incident date: 2023-12-06
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was on a roof removing screws from sheet metal sheathing. As the employee was standing on top of the metal, it loosened and slid down the roof, causing the employee to fall approximately 17 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to vertebrae and a foot. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate