Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221372592

SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY

Event
Dislocated, Elbow, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Roof, Sprayed, Vertebra, Wrist
NAICS
611310
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345424444
Employer profile
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY
Summary number
221372592
Report ID
0454713

Event description

Employee falls from roof and sustains multiple fractures

Investigation abstract

At 9:10 a.m. on July 15, 2021, an employee was spraying solution on a roof to mitigate moss. While walking backwards, the employee lost footing and fell off the roof to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists, a dislocated left elbow, and a fractured C-7 vertebra. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    0

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