Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140300.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall from stepladder

Accident Summary Nr: 140300.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1558738.015	10/19/2021		721110	Hp3 Llc Dba Jw Marriott Grand Rapids

Abstract: At 6:58 p.m. on September 15, 2021, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a hotel resort was reinstalling a ceiling light fixture in the parking garage. The employee was working from a 6-foot stepladder. The end of a live wire contacted metal on the fixture resulting in a spark which startled the employee. As a result, the employee fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized treat rib fractures and lung and abdomen contusions.

Keywords: Abdomen, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Contact, Contusion, Electrical Wire, Energized, Engineering Technician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hotel, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Lung, Maintenance, Parking, Parking Lot, Rib, Stepladder, Technician

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1558738.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Mechanical engineering technicians

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