Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200775641 - Employee Fractures Leg When Pinned by Electrical Switchgear

Accident Summary Nr: 200775641 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/27/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312995392	03/30/2009	1731	238210	Electrical Dynamics

Abstract: On March 27, 2009, Employee #1, an electrician apprentice, and a coworker were working to uncrate an electrical switchgear, which weighed 2,200 lbs. As they unbolted the last brace holding the switchgear, it toppled over. Employee #1 was pinned under the switchgear. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for a compound fracture on his left femur.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PINNED, ELECTRICIAN, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312995392			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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