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Accident Summary Nr: 125253.015 - Internet service provider employee falls through skylight an

Accident Summary Nr: 125253.015 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 04/07/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1471995.01504/08/2020811111Autoptions Collision Center

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on April 7, 2020, an employee was working at an autobody shop. He was not an employee of the autobody shop. He was a technician from a contractor. He was working on the roof, about 10 feet (3.1 meters) above the ground. He was repairing a repeater operated by an internet service provider. After repairing the repeater, the employee was walking backward on the roof. He stepped back onto a skylight and fell through it. He landed on a vehicle up on jack stands in the repair bay and ended up on the floor. Impact with a vehicle that was on jack stands. He suffered five fractures in his back, two fractures in his neck, and a few broken ribs. He was hospitalized. The details of this incident were described in another investigation, one that looked into the incident as it related to the employee's employer, the internet service provider. That was investigation number 125462. It had the same UPA number, 1567333.

Keywords: Back, Broken Bone, Communication Worker, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Neck, Rib, Roof, Skylight, Telecom Work, Walking Backward, Walking Surface, Work at Elevation

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury
1 1471995.015 37 M Hospitalized injury

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