OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420219

PRINCIPIA CORPORATION DBA PRINCIPIA COLLEGE

ELSAH, IL· 2021-12-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Cleaning, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Gutter, Housekeeping, Janitor, Lack of Work Procedures, Roof, Shoulder, Skylight, Walking Surface, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 611310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345691935
Employer profile: PRINCIPIA CORPORATION DBA PRINCIPIA COLLEGE
Summary number: 221420219
Report ID: 0524530

Event description

Employee fractures shoulder in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 10:45 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was working with a coworker him to fall through. The employee fractured his right shoulder and required hospitalization. cleaning debris from metal gutters along a roof eave of a single story shed building. The employee and his coworker were walking on the 3/12 pitch roof when he fell through a skylight. The 40-foot by 30-foot shed was 10 feet tall from the edge of the roof and just over 13 feet tall at the peak. The shed had six 2-foot by 8-foot fiberglass covered skylights located on the roof. The employee and his coworker would regularly walk the perimeter of the roof to clean the gutters and would travel over the peak to reach the other side. During the task, the employee stepped on a skylight cover which broke under his weight causing

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 1 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
405

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