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Accident Summary Nr: 201613395 - Employee Injured in Fall Through Ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 201613395 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/20/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31064102203/27/20077382561621Adt Security Services Inc
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31064128703/27/20071711238220Jet Heating Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 20, 2007, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were in an attic space above a warehouse, searching for a security camera's wiring system. Employee #1 walked across some 8-foot by 4-foot sheets of plywood in an attempt to reach the camera. However, the plywood did not reach that far so she stepped across the 2-inch by 6-inch joists. As she reached the camera's position, her foot slipped off the joist and she fell through the sheet rock ceiling. She managed to stop and hold herself up by her arms. She then called to Employee #2. He came across to her and, as she grabbed his left thumb, the ceiling gave way. As it did so, she dislocated Employee #2's thumb and fell to the concrete floor approximately 16 feet below. She sustained a fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: SLIP, ELECTRONIC WORK, FRACTURE, CEILING, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, DISLOCATED, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building Maintenance or repair Under $50,000 1 16

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 310641022 Hospitalized injury Fracture Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.
2 310641287 Non Hospitalized injury Dislocation Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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