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Accident Summary Nr: 135694.015 - HVAC employee falls from ladder/ceiling, sustains multiple h

Accident Summary Nr: 135694.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 04/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527783.015	04/28/2021		238220	Rsp, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on April 16, 2020, an employee, working for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor, was installing a ventilation system at the B-vents, located in the center of a residential dwelling, and was standing on a ladder. The employee climbed up a ladder to install a ventilation system from the B-vents to the water heater and fell from the ladder or ceiling, approximately 9 feet to the level below. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time of the incident. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a subdural hemorrhage in the brain, a skull fracture, and a left scapula fracture.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Ceiling, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, HVAC, Hemorrhage, Installing, Ladder, Scapula, Skull, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ventilation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1527783.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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