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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1418476.01507/26/2019238210Platinum 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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