Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201088812 - Worker Falls from Balcony and Fractures Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201088812 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 10/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126189703	04/17/2007	1711	238220	A-1 American Heating & Air

Abstract: On October 27, 2006, an employee was working for a heating and air conditioning contractor at an apartment complex located in Bakersfield, California. The employee was working on the second floor balcony of building Number 1. He leaned against the guardrail, and the top rail broke. The employee fell 10 ft to the ground. He was taken to Kern Medical Center located in Bakersfield, where he was hospitalized with a fractured leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, RAIL, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126189703			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheetmetal duct installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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