Abstract: On July 31, 2012, Employee #1 was instructed by the company owner to paint the metal roof of the building which housed a retail bar and restaurant supply store. Employee #1 was neither trained for this task nor was he provided any means of fall protection. Employee #1 was hired to clean and repair small appliances for sale or resale, and not to provide building maintenance. Employee #1 was on the roof for approximately 30 minutes before he fell through an unprotected and unguarded skylight. Employee #1 fell approximately 20 feet before becoming impaled on a storage rack below. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries that included a shattered pelvis, impaled bladder and a severed ulnar artery and ulnar nerve. Employee #1 was an inpatient for approximately two weeks. Employee #1 has not returned to work.