OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443757

NEXUS ENERGY SYSTEMS

ALBUQUERQUE, NM· 2021-09-17T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ground, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Solar, Solar Array, Spine, Unsafe Position, Unsecured
NAICS: 221114
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345561708
Employer profile: NEXUS ENERGY SYSTEMS
Summary number: 221443757
Report ID: 0653510
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee fractures spine, unsecured ladder falls to ground

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee working as an installer for a solar power provider climbed a ladder attached to a roof eave. The eaves broke causing the ladder and the employee to fall 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat severe spinal injuries requiring emergency surgery.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7016

Fall distance
9

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