Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169547 - Employee injured in fall from parking structure deck

Accident Summary Nr: 201169547 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126200971	09/28/2007	1731	238210	Ultimate Communications

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on September 20, 2007, Employee #1 arrived at work to get ready for the day. The foreman had assigned him to install cables at the center and at the edge of the 14 ft to 15 ft high parking structure deck. At approximately 6:45 a.m., Employee #1 walked a coworker to the parking deck and explained the scope of the job that day. He was showing the coworker where the work location was close to an unguarded edge when he fell about 15 ft off the edge, landing head first on the ground. He suffered a fractured left leg, a fractured right sholder, a fractured right hip, and he complained of back pain. Employee #1 was transported to Westwood UCLA Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126200971			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical and electronic technicians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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