OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221468390
TEICHERT ENERGY & UTILITY
SAN DIEGO, CA·
Event description
Employee injures vertebrae in fall to ground
Investigation abstract
At 4:20 p.m. on January 25, 2022, employees were sliding cassettes over tables. As they were sliding the cassettes, a cassette began to move and an employee fell down on the ground. The employee was admitted to the hospital due to an injured vertebrae. The employer was acting as a solar contractor. The work being performed was installation of solar panels in a middle school. This was a temporary jobsite. Operations included material handling, assembling of cassettes that make up the panels, and installation. No violations that caused the injury were identified.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 63 M
- Event type
- 4
- Occupation code
- 869
- Fall distance
- 4
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