Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201091873 - Employee falls through ceiling tiles

Accident Summary Nr: 201091873 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 07/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126211853	07/12/1998	1731	0	W I P Communications

Abstract: Employee #1, a telephone computer installer, was working for WIP Communications pulling cable through suspended acoustic ceiling tiles. He was working on the hard surface of a room within a room, and accidentally stepped through a soft acoustic tile and fell approximately 8 ft to the cement floor. His head hit a metal table on the way down approximately 5 ft from the ceiling. He sustained brain swelling and bleeding and was hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, CEILING, STRUCK AGAINST, CEILING PANEL, FALL, BRAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126211853			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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