Incident date: 2020-01-07
NAICS industry code: 236220

On January 07, 2020, an employee was removing the metal sheeting of a 1:12 pitched roof while using his personal fall protection. He was anchored to the peak of the roof when he stepped back while pulling a metal sheet and fell head first through a skylight about 16 feet to the concrete floor below. He suffered head trauma and was hospitalized.

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