# Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia at Blue Raven Solar, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025044061` · 4/30/2025 · WESTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Roof surface
- **Secondary source:** Fall protection equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Raven Solar, LLC
- **Location:** 5953 Course Dr., WESTERVILLE, OHIO, 43081
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 30, 2025, an employee was installing solar panels on the roof of a residential home. His fall protection anchor failed, and he fell from the roof to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their C6 and C7 vertebrae, collapsed lungs, a heart injury, and he was paralyzed from the chest down.

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