Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sunshine Window Cleaning, 5737 Middleburry Lane, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30327
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was on a house's second-story roof, cleaning the siding using pressure washing equipment. He stepped backwards and fell from the roof to the ground and landed on his back. He suffered blunt force trauma to his chest. Fall protection was not being worn at the time.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersRoofs, unspecified
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