OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221439359
1ST CHOICE FUMIGATION INC.
SANTA ANA, CA·
Event description
Employee incurs multiple fractures in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
At 8:18 a.m. on December 4, 2021, an employee was working at a residential home hospitalization. conducting fumigation for pests. The employer provides fumigation services that includes applying tarps over homes and other buildings prior to applying gaseous pesticides. The employee had been a licensed pest control operatator and supervisor for 1.5 years with the employer prior to the incident. Without his employer's knowledge, the employee attempted to help coworkers remove a tarp on a residential rooftop when he slipped and fell through a skylight. The employee's job duties did not require he access the rooftop. The employee sustained multiple fractures to his wrist, back and hip, requiring
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 455
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