Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104593.015 - Employee suffers head injury in fall through ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 104593.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 04/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1307782.015	04/10/2018		561621	Anr Security Solutions, Llc

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on April 6, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker were rewiring the vestibule of a Lowe's Home Improvement store. The employee walked across the metal studs while using a pole to reach wiring from the outside of the building. Employee #1 lost his balance on the metal studs and stepped onto the drywall ceiling. He fell through the ceiling ten feet to the outside area of the store, and landed on the concrete slab. Employee #1 sustained a laceration to his head with a minor brain bleed. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Blind Reaching, Brain, Ceiling, Ceiling Panel, Concrete Slab, Electrical Work, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Laceration

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation				10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1307782.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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