Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113240.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when personnel lift fall

Accident Summary Nr: 113240.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 01/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1375516.015	01/18/2019		238210	Kca Electric Services Llc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on January 18, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was working at a multi-employer construction project, a new 4-story multifamily residential building. He was working from the basket of an Up-Right UL20 Personnel Lift, Model Number 62611, Serial Number UR-3039, and installing light fixtures on the concrete ceiling of the club room. The personnel lift tipped over and fell, and Employee #1 remained in the basket as it fell and struck the concrete floor, a fall height of approximately 17 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple injuries, including two fractured discs in his back, contusions to the forehead, arm, and side, and a laceration to the tongue.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Arm, Ceiling, Contusion, Electrician, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Forehead, Fracture, Installing, Laceration, Lighting Fixture, Mobile Scaffold, Outrigger, Personnel Cage, Residential Construction, Torso, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1375516.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Electricians	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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