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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015129644 · 12/21/2015 · Solarcity Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source
Roofs, unspecified

Employer

Name
Solarcity Corporation
Location
1125 Pleasant Street, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12303
NAICS
221114
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was the last person on the roof after installing solar panels and wiring and had removed his fall protection equipment handing it to a coworker. The coworker went down the ladder to the ground and held the ladder. When the injured employee went to descend the ladder, he slid and a strap securing the ladder to the roof broke. He fell over 20 feet from the roof to a concrete surface below resulting in compound fractures to his left arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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