Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221470966

GOLDEN GATE ELECTRIC SERVICE PARTNERSHIP

Event
Attic, Board, Ceiling, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Rib, Sheetrock, Vertebra
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345754352
Employer profile
GOLDEN GATE ELECTRIC SERVICE PARTNERSHIP
Summary number
221470966
Report ID
0950621
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee falls through ceiling and receives fractures to lum

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 p.m. on January 13, 2022, an employee entered an attic area to install solar equipment. The employee stepped on a loose board and fell approximately ten feet through the sheetrock ceiling. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to two lumbar vertebrae and a rib.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

    Event type
    5
    Fall distance
    10

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