Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201631223 - Employee injured in fall through a suspended ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 201631223 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 12/30/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304101884	01/05/2001	1711	0	Permacold Engineering Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304101892	01/05/2001	5141	0	United Grocers Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a refrigeration technician, was dispatched to repair a food cooler at a grocer warehouse. Accompanied by a representative of the grocer warehouse, Employee #1 climbed to the roof and had the warehouse employee open a roof hatch. Employee #1 climbed down a fixed ladder to the top of a suspended ceiling looking for refrigeration piping. After proceeding about eight feet across the ceiling, a four by eight-foot insulated ceiling panel gave way, allowing Employee #1 to fall 18-feet-2-inches to a concrete floor in the cooler below. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized with a fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUSPENDED CEILING, WAREHOUSE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304101884			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	304101892					Occupation not reported

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