The Solar City installer was first shocked with 400 VDC, and then fell to his death. My friends at that company have complained about the inexperienced designers there and the lack of quality controls. They said that they only hire designers from right out of college.
Nick Soleil Project Manager Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC PO Box 657 Petaluma, CA 94953 Cell: 707-321-2937 Office: 707-789-9537 Fax: 707-769-9037 ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 11:58:43 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof Wrenches: When you have 7 minutes, check out this video on 'fall restraint' - you may get dizzy (as I did) and you may wonder, as I did, HTF they built it in the first place: http://video.yahoo.com/network/101149635?v=8244494&l=5144241 Pat Redgate Ameco Solar In a message dated 9/24/2010 9:39:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The two instances are not the same. The skylight accident happened previous to April 2010, and the company is listed in the accident report , but I don't recall the name. They are a large CA electrical contractor. > >Kirk Herander >VSE > >On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:25 AM, "Bill Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Marco, >> >>The company was purposely not identified. I believe the young man fell >>through a skylight while moving equipment during construction. Much more >>likely way to die since most people assume a skylight will bear their >>weight if they fall against it. Edge of roof falls definitely occur, but >>self preservation instincts are usually much more heightened in these >>areas. >> >>Bill. >> >>From:[email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marco >>Mangelsdorf >>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 7:09 PM >>To: 'RE-wrenches' >>Subject: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof >> >>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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