Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142293.015 - Employee fractures vertebrae and pelvis in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 142293.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 08/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1550025.015	08/27/2021		221114	Green Mountain Solar L.L.C.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as an installer for a solar power contractor was standing on a Gorilla MPX22 ladder handing a coworker supplies. The coworker was standing on the roof when he slipped and fell into the employee. This caused the employee to fall with the ladder approximately 15 feet to the stone ground. The employee fractured three vertebrae and sustained three fractures to his pelvis. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Hip, Inexperience, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Material Handling, Pelvis, Person, Residential Construction, Roof, Slip, Slippery Surface, Solar, Spine, Stone, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1550025.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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