Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159624.015 - Employee installing solar panels is killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 159624.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 08/24/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1693693.015	08/24/2023		238210	Sunrun Installation Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:000 p.m. on August 24, 2023, an employee workings as an electrical installer for an electrical contractor was working on a roof installing solar panels. According to statements made by a coworker who was on the roof at the time of the incident, the employee was attaching the panels to their roof brackets using a drill/driver. The coworker stated that the employee was wearing a safety harness, but it was not attached to any of the fall protection lines in place on the roof. At point, the employee had disconnected without the coworker's knowledge. The employee yelled as he fell to the ground. The employee dies from multiple broken bones, spinal fractures, a collapsed lung and a ruptured aorta from impact with the pavement.

Keywords: Abrasion, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Collapsed lung, Construction, Contusion, Electrical, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Heart, Installing, Laceration, Leg, Lifeline, Loss Of Blood, Lung, Residential Construction, Roof, Rupture, Safety Device, Solar, Spine, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1693693.015	40	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: 27 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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