Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134587.015 - Employee sustains multiple blunt trauma in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 134587.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1502018.015	11/12/2020		335121	Custom Christmas Lighting Llc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on October 28, 2020, an employee was working for a service that installs decorative Christmas lighting on buildings. The employee was standing on a roof installing lighting on a residential building when he fell approximately 21 feet to the ground below. The employee impacted the hardscaped surface near the front porch of the residence. The employee sustained a cranial fracture, brain bleed, and several fractures to is upper extremities and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Concussion, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Lighting, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pavement, Roof, Skull, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1502018.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury

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