Incident date: 2017-08-07
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was removing a skylight from a roof when the wood truss supporting the skylight collapsed. The employee fell 20 to 30 feet through the opening and landed on the plywood that was covering the pool below, suffering a back fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate