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Accident: 104593.015 - Employee Suffers Head Injury In Fall Through Ceiling
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1307782.015 | 04/10/2018 | Anr Security Solutions, Llc |
At 5:00 p.m. on April 6, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker were rewiring the vest ibule 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. Emplo yee #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 land ed on the concrete slab. Employee #1 sustained a laceration to his head with a m inor brain bleed. He was hospitalized for treatment.
Keywords:
blind reaching, brain, ceiling, ceiling panel, concrete slab, electrical work, fall, fall protection, head, laceration
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 10 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1307782.015 | 26 | M | Hospitalized injury | Installers And Repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |