Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170587273 - Employee killed in fall through false ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 170587273 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 09/21/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125902577	09/22/1995	7623	0	Airwest Air Conditioning & Heating Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, an air conditioning installer, was attaching a section of duct to a rafter with a strap while standing on a plywood floor. Having completed this attachment, he stepped from the plywood floor to a section of suspended ceiling and fell through it 9 ft to the floor. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to a skull fracture and died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, SUSPENDED CEILING, HEMORRHAGE, WORK RULES, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRAIN, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125902577			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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