Incident date: 2023-04-18
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on a pitched roof removing shingles when they stepped/slipped on a tarp that was on top of a pool screen enclosure. The employee fell 20 feet to the pool deck below, sustaining head trauma, a facial fracture, and fractures to both arms and wrists. Fall protection equipment was worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate