Unfortunately too common, from my experience. I've discussed the importance of safety as we continue to build us as a well respected industry. All too often on to deaf ears. Hope we can value each person's health and learn from other industries' injuries instead of reinventing that wheel before we hold safety to high standards.
Denise Novotny Seattle, WA On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:15 AM, Darryl Thayer wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Marco Mangelsdorf <[email protected]> > Subject: [RE-wrenches] deadly fall off of roof > To: "'RE-wrenches'" <[email protected]> > 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 > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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