Calif. worker falls while installing solar panels on roof
A California solar panel installation company has been fined $193,905 by the state’s workplace safety watchdog agency, after one of its employees was seriously injured in a fall. Cal/OSHA cited Anaheim-based Nexus Energy Systems, Inc. for failing to provide required fall protection for its workers.
The incident that brought Cal/OSHA investigators to the company’s worksite occurred on December 6, when a worker installing solar panels on the roof of an Oakland residence lost his footing and fell 15 feet onto the concrete driveway, suffering a broken wrist and jaw. Neither he nor the other two men he was working with were wearing fall protection.