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Accident: 113116.015 - Employee Falls Through Skylight, Incurs Multiple Pelvic Frac

**Accident: 113116.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/26/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1374875.015	01/29/2019		Encore Mechanical, Llc

At 2:00 p.m. on January 26, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an HVAC company, was installing air conditioning equipment on the roof of an existing one-story comme rcial building as part of a multi-employer renovation project. As he was moving an air conditioning unit's curb, he fell through a skylight, a fall height of 1 5 feet. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he wa s admitted for treatment including surgery for four fractures to his pelvis.

Keywords: air conditioner, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, hvac, installing, material handling, pelvis, rehabilitation, renovation, roof, skylight

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1374875.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Mechanical controls and valve repairers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause:

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