Incident date: 2019-05-02
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was reroofing a flat roof of a single story dwelling. The employee went to get a chalk line from the ground. He then climbed back up the ladder and knelt down on the edge of the roof to snap the chalk line. The roof gave way and he fell 8 feet 4 inches onto a pile of landscaping posts and sustained fractured ribs. The employee was wearing fall protection, but it was not connected at the time of the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Roofs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate