Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 238160

The injured employee was part of a three-person crew that was dispatched to a commercial building to install weatherproofing material on the roof. The crew had just arrived, and the employee climbed a ladder to the roof of the building. While positioning equipment (pulling up a hose), the employee fell 27 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate