Incident date: 2023-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was working on a roof elevation. They grabbed a sheet of plywood from the roof that was covering a hole and roofing membrane. The employee fell 16-17 feet through the hole to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis and rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Existing roof openings, other than skylights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate