Source: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/OHB/FACE/Pages/10CA003.aspx
Timestamp: 2019-01-24 03:59:45
Document Index: 39500849

Matched Legal Cases: ['§3294', '§1511', '§1509', '§1514', '§1669', '§1670', '§1671', '§1671', '§1724', '§1730', '§1731']

Case Report: 10CA003
10CA003
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Solar panel installer dies when he falls off a roof
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On Wednesday April 7, 2010, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a 30-year-old solar panel installer fell 45 feet off a pitched roof to the concrete sidewalk below. The CA/FACE investigator received notification of this incident from the April 16, 2010, issue of the Cal-OSHA Reporter (a commercial publication about workplace health and safety). On June 3, 2010, the CA/FACE investigator interviewed the victim's supervisor, co-worker, and two managers representing the employer. The CA/FACE investigator also visited the incident scene and interviewed four apartment residents who witnessed the incident.
The company's training program consisted of documented new employee orientation, specific on-the-job training (OJT), jobsite orientation, and weekly safety meetings. The victim had undergone employee orientation and was receiving OJT as a junior solar panel installer.
The victim was born in the United States. He was a college graduate and had worked for this solar company for six months. The victim had occasionally worked in the construction industry for the past two years, and had no prior experience in solar panel installation.
Exhibit 2. The mounting brackets for the solar panels and the roof's edge where the victim fell.
Exhibit 3. The three-story apartment building involved in the incident.
Article 6. Powered Platforms and Equipment for Building Maintenance, §3294.
Powered Platform Installations--Affected Parts of Buildings. (c) Roof guarding (6)
Article 3. General §1511. General Safety Precautions. §1509.
Injury and Illness Prevention Program. §1514. Personal Protective Devices.
Article 24. Fall Protection. §1669. General. §1670. Personal Fall Arrest Systems,
Personal Fall Restraint Systems and Positioning Devices. §1671. Safety Nets. §1671.1.
Article 30. Roofing Operations and Equipment §1724. Roofing--General. (f) Personal
Fall Protection. §1730. Roof Hazards. §1731. Roof Hazards - New Production-Type