Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139280.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 139280.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1553169.015	09/15/2021		221114	Brs Field Ops, Llc

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working as a solar power equipment installer was working on top of a roof. The employee had removed his harness and set it down on the roof. He was holding onto a safety line with one hand walking backwards down the roof towards the edge. While walking backwards towards the edge of the roof the employee stepped onto a gutter. When the gutter bent under his weight, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull, fractured face, fractured T1 vertebra and a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Gutter, Harness, Head, Hip, Installing, Lifeline, Lost Balance, Pelvis, Roof, Safety Device, Solar, Solar Array, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition				12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1553169.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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