Trinity Solar

An employee was working in an attic securing a wire conduit. Due to high temperatures, he left the attic, became ill, and experienced shaking and cramping. The employee was hospitalized and treated for heat exhaustion.

An employee was drilling an access hole into the meter box of a residential property. The drill bit punched through the metal and hit a live conductor inside the box. The employee sustained an electrical arc flash burn to their hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was adjusting stabilizers at the top of a ladder, preparing to install solar panels. He fell from the ladder to the pavement 8 feet below, sustaining a broken left ankle.

An employee was installing solar panels when they slipped and fell from the roof to the ground. The employee sustained a broken ankle.

An employee had accessed a snow-covered roof to set up roof anchors for a solar panel installation job. While he was clearing snow from the roof edge, he fell 18 feet to the ground below, suffering cracked ribs and a hairline fracture to his hip/pelvis.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.

An employee was changing fuel filters on a front-end loader. When he descended the access steps of the engine bay, he misstepped and fell approximately 3 feet to the concrete surface below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was walking in the warehouse when their foot was struck by the forks of an unloaded forklift that was passing by. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was climbing down an extension ladder from a residential roof. The ladder collapsed under his foot, and he fell backward onto the grass. He suffered a sprained neck, a fractured scapula, and fractures to his T7 and T12 vertebrae.

An employee was working to straighten a solar panel by reaching into the unguarded rotating section of the conveyor when their right thumb got caught in the conveyor, resulting in amputation of their right thumb.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.