Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116887.015 - Employee is paralyzed from fall through skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 116887.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1399563.015	05/09/2019		517110	Ericsson, Inc. / Eus, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:20 a.m. on April 19, 2019, an employee was clearing an antenna to perform troubleshooting to radio frequency equipment on the roof of a commercial building. The employee leaned over a skylight on the north side of the roof and when he put his weight on the skylight he fell through. The employee was hospitalized and was paralyzed from the waist down.

Keywords: Antenna, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Fall, Fall Protection, Maintenance, Nerve damage, Paralysis, Repair, Roof, Roof Opening, Skylight, Spine, Telecom Work, Torso, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1399563.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Technicians, n.e.c.

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