Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200515732 - Apprentice Electrician Is Killed in Fall from Grain Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 200515732 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 10/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316775428	10/29/2012	1731	238210	Valley View Electric Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316775410	10/29/2012	1542	236220	Ceec Inc

Abstract: On October 27, 2012, Employee #1, an apprentice electrician first employed six months earlier by Valley View Electric, Inc., was working at a grain elevator. His employer had been subcontracted by the general contractor, CEEC, Inc., to install new wiring needed on the newly constructed leg of the grain elevator leg and other areas of the existing structure. Employee #1 fell while trying to gain access to a junction box on the grain elevator leg. Employee #1 was killed in the fall, which was approximately 50 feet. The general contractor was not onsite at the time of the fall.

Keywords: GRAIN ELEVATOR, INSTALLING, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	12	120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316775428			Fatality	Fracture	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 120 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc
2	316775410					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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