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Accident Summary Nr: 179395.015 - Employee is fatally injured while installing lighting fixtur

Accident Summary Nr: 179395.015 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 02/13/2025
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1836511.015	07/08/2025		238210	Fcx2025xjw184x0171 - Bar H Bar Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on February 13, 2025, Employee #1 was working as an apprentice electrician and was installing a recessed can lighting fixture on a bedroom ceiling. The employee was sitting on top of an 8-foot fiberglass ladder with one leg on each side of the ladder. The employee and the ladder fell backwards causing the employee to hit the back of his head. The employee was fatally injured.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, CPR, Construction, Contusion, Electrical, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fiberglass, Head, Installing, Laceration, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Stepladder, Unsafe Position, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1836511.015	27	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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