# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at PlugPV
> OSHA SIR `2024109609` · 10/16/2024 · CANASTOTA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PlugPV
- **Location:** 4011 Douglas Heights Drive, CANASTOTA, NEW YORK, 13032
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing solar panel maintenance while positioned on a 4/12 pitched roof. The employee lost balance on the roof and fell 15 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a loss of vision in the left eye, several cracked ribs on right side, skull and orbital fractures, a nose fracture, a collapsed sinus, a brain bleed, several lost teeth, and an injury to their nose/brow ridge.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*