Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201500444 - Employee falls 18 feet, sustains multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 201500444 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 01/08/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119669943	03/09/1998	1731	238210	Sasco Electric

Abstract: At about 10:00 a.m. on January 8, 1998, Employee #1, an electrician apprentice for Sasco Electric, fell 18 feet through a skylight onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 had been assigned to help the lead person in locating and finding the shutdown power control for each air handling unit (AHU) of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. Employee #1 was on the roof a building and was trying find the access panel for the AHU. Employee #1 had stepped back without looking behind him. He tripped over a skylight curb and fell onto the skylight dome which broke under the impact. The injured employee was taken to Eden Hospital in Castro Valley. Hospital personnel diagnosed head injuries, pelvis fractures, bladder contusions, and hand fractures.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICIAN, BLADDER, FALL, HAND, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119669943			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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