OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221501844

TRINITY SOLAR, INC.

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ— 2022-10-04T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Roof, Solar, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346261514
Employer profile: TRINITY SOLAR, INC.
Summary number: 221501844
Report ID: 0214200
Project type: E
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed from head injuries after fall off roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on October 4, 2022, an employee was installing a solar panel 22-feet above the ground when he fell from the roof. The employee was not wearing fall protection and died from head trauma and multiple fractures.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7016

Fall distance
22

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