| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-02 | Hialeah | Florida | MED Builders Corp | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was applying sealer on roofing paper. The employee stepped backward and fell through a skylight opening, landing about 18 feet below and suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, broken bones, and a lacerated liver and spleen. | |||||
| 2020-02-24 | Hialeah | Florida | LATITE ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was using a squeegee to apply roofing paper on a commercial roof. The employee fell 7 feet onto a lower roof adjacent to the building and suffered bruised vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Houston | Texas | Francisco Miranda | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was replacing shingles and roofing paper on a residential home when he tripped on the roofing paper and fell about 15 to 20 feet through a skylight cutout hole to the concrete floor. He injured his head and fractured his nose, cheekbones, neck, and right arm. | |||||
| 2017-05-10 | El Paso | Texas | El Paso Fire Department | Head and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was shaving palm trees below the roof when a roll of roofing paper fell off and onto the employee's head and back, causing contusions to both. | |||||
| 2017-03-10 | Tamarac | Florida | ALL STUCCO SOLUTIONS INC. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was doing stucco work when a roll of roofing paper fell off the roof and struck the employee in the head. | |||||