Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200741809 - Employee Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200741809 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 02/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307538678	02/15/2005	1731	238210	Scott Duffie Electric, Inc.

Abstract: Anemployee was using a ladder to descend from the second story of a building. He fell, landed on the first story, and then fell into a floor opening to the basement. The employee sustained head trauma and was transported to a hospital, where he remained in a coma at the time the accident report was completed.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, COVER, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	3	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307538678			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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