Gabe's Home Improvement, L.L.C.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified — Fractures — SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Gabe's Home Improvement, L.L.C. in SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
Employer Gabe's Home Improvement, L.L.C. Report ID 2025032834
Address 1801 Illini Rd City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62704
Event Date March 26, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified
Event Type Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified Source of Injury Roof surface
Secondary Source Skylights or other existing roof openings
Industry (NAICS) 236118 Inspection # 1815183
GPS Coordinates 39.78000, -89.68000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to remove a skylight from a roof. The skylight got hooked on his harness and pulled him off the roof to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with back fractures.

Incident Summary

On March 26, 2025, a worker at Gabe's Home Improvement, L.L.C. in SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS suffered fractures to the exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified. The incident was classified as fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified, with roof surface identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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