Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125351.015 - Employee falls through shaft, breaks vertebrae and is paraly

Accident Summary Nr: 125351.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 04/09/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472296.015	04/09/2020		237130	E Light Electric Services, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 A.M. on April 9, 2020, an employee, working for an electrical contractor, was working on a conduit installation. The employee was laying out core drills in the riser electrical room on the first floor. The employee fell through a partially opened shaft approximately 11 feet onto a concrete terrace. The employee was hospitalized and treated for broken vertebrae and paralysis from the chest down.

Keywords: Back, Broken, Broken Bone, Concrete, Conduit, Construction, Drill, Electrical, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Paralysis, Vertebra

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1472296.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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