Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163987 - Employee injured when struck by HVAC coil unit

Accident Summary Nr: 201163987 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126058478	07/11/2002	1711	0	Scott Company Of California

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 18, 2002, an employee and three coworkers were attempting to lift the coil unit from an HVAC system. The employees were working on a construction site located at the University of California, Los Angeles campus, in the Math Sciences Building, room 38A. The four employees were moving the coil unit, which was resting partly on a dolly and partly on the ground. While attempting to lift the coil unit completely off of the dolly, the unit became top heavy and fell onto the employee. He was hospitalized with serious injuries at the UCLA medical center.

Keywords: AIR CONDITIONER, CRUSHED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE LOAD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126058478			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	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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