Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144375.015 - Employee fractures spine, unsecured ladder falls to ground

Accident Summary Nr: 144375.015 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 09/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556170.015	10/05/2021		221114	Nexus Energy Systems

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee working as an installer for a solar power provider climbed a ladder attached to a roof eave. The eaves broke causing the ladder and the employee to fall 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat severe spinal injuries requiring emergency surgery.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Solar, Solar Array, Spine, Unsafe Position, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation				9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1556170.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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