Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110292.015 - Employee installing conduit falls through hole in floor and

Accident Summary Nr: 110292.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 10/08/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1355008.015	10/16/2018		238210	Patco Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on October 8, 2018, an employee was installing conduit overhead on a wall. The employee began to step back and fell approximately twelve feet through a hole in the steel plate floor. The employee was hospitalized for a ruptured spleen, head laceration, and a finger fracture.

Keywords: Conduit, Fall, Fall Protection, Finger, Floor Hole, Fracture, Head, Installing, Laceration, Rupture, Spleen, Steel Plate, Walking Backward, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1355008.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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