Incident date: 2023-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was transporting roofing material to a work area when they tripped at the parapet wall. The employee fell 16 feet off the roof to the ground below, resulting in fractures to the wrist and pelvis as well as a laceration above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

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