OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392806

BRS FIELD OPS, LLC

CHESAPEAKE, VA· 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Gutter, Harness, Head, Hip, Installing, Lifeline, Lost Balance, Pelvis, Roof, Safety Device, Solar, Solar Array, Vertebra
NAICS: 221114
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345531693
Employer profile: BRS FIELD OPS, LLC
Summary number: 221392806
Report ID: 0355112
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working as a solar power equipment installer was working on top of a roof. The employee had removed his harness and set it down on the roof. He was holding onto a safety line with one hand walking backwards down the roof towards the edge. While walking backwards towards the edge of the roof the employee stepped onto a gutter. When the gutter bent under his weight, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet to the concrete below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull, fractured face, fractured T1 vertebra and a fractured pelvis.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
577

Fall distance
12

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