Incident date: 2024-10-16
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was observing solar panel maintenance while positioned on a 4/12 pitched roof. The employee lost balance on the roof and fell 15 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a loss of vision in the left eye, several cracked ribs on right side, skull and orbital fractures, a nose fracture, a collapsed sinus, a brain bleed, several lost teeth, and an injury to their nose/brow ridge.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Roof surface
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate