Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120353.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall through skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 120353.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418476.015	07/26/2019		238210	Platinum Sales Group Llc

Abstract: At 9:47 a.m. on July 25, 2019, Employee #1 was on the rooftop of a residence's detached metal garage and preparing to install a solar system with his employer, an electrical contractor. Employee #1 began walking across the roof. He stepped onto the skylight, and the plastic skylight panel broke under his weight. Employee #1 fell approximately 15 feet to the garage's concrete floor. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of four fractured ribs, two skull fractures, fractures to the left arm and right wrist, and a ruptured spleen.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof, Rupture, Skull, Skylight, Solar, Spleen, Unguarded, Unprotected, Walking Surface, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other			1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1418476.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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