[RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof

[Darryl Thayer]

In Minnesota we have had three falls from roofs that I know of.  All three of these falls have had serious results.  All life changing for the worker.  Months in the hospital, to walking problems, hand and arm problems and brain injuries.   Two were  no ladder tie off issues and the third triped and not tied off fell two stories.  I have offered a roof safety course twice now and intend to do it again, but I have a hard time convincing venues and other powers to give me the support that I feel this deserves.  
Good people doing good work should be able to have good lives. 
 
Darryl  

--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Marco Mangelsdorf <marco at pvthawaii.com> wrote:


From: Marco Mangelsdorf <marco at pvthawaii.com>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 9:08 PM








A 30-year-old PV installer fell to his death back in April at job site in CA.  He backed off of a roof accidentally and was not wearing any fall protection.
 
I have the official report of the accident, but the “multi-state full-service solar provider” that has “approximately 650 employees” was not identified.
 
Anyone know which company this was?
 
Thanks,
marco
 
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