Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149776.015 - Employee falls from ladder, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 149776.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1623210.015	09/19/2022		221122	Wayne Mitchell Dba Wayne Mitchell

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on September 7, 2022, an employee, an electrician, was working on a ladder installing an exit sign when he contacted a 277-volt emergency circuit, received an electric shock, and fell from the ladder striking his head on the tile floor. The employee was transported to the hospital and died due to his injuries in the following days.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Contact, Electric Shock, Electric Sign, Electrician, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Head, Installing, Lighting Circuit

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation				12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1623210.015	39	M	Fatality		Electricians

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