Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201024585 - Apprentice Plumber Falls from Ladder and Incurs Fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 201024585 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/09/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315829770	01/10/2013	1799	238990	Performance Contracting Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 a.m. on January 9, 2013, an apprentice plumber/pipefitter/steamfitter, employed by Performance Contracting Inc., was working at a commercial building being renovated at a shopping mall. She was working from a 12-foot A-frame ladder as she installed insulation to ducts. The apprentice fell from the ladder onto concrete below. She was transported to the hospital, hospitalized, and treated for a serious unspecified fracture. The employer reported this event to Cal/OSHA's Santa Rosa District Office at 2:28 p.m. on January 9, 2013. The district office initiated its inspection on January 10, 2013.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DUCT, INSTALLING, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PLUMBING, THERMAL INSULATION, CONCRETE

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	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315829770			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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