Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201720455 - Employee Installing Ducts Falls from Ladder and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201720455 -- Report ID: 0257220 -- Event Date: 07/16/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316279777	07/18/2012	1711	238220	Jr Sheet Metal Manufacturing Inc

Abstract: At 7:15 a.m. on July 16, 2012, an employee, of JR Sheet Metal Manufacturing, Inc., was installing ducts for an air conditioning system at a commercial building in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He was using a 7-foot fiberglass ladder to access the building's ceiling. While climbing the ladder, the employee fell and died. He was determined to have died from a heart stroke. NOTE: Cause of death confusing. Heart attack? Stroke? Heat stroke?

Keywords: HEART, DUCT, INSTALLING, SHEET METAL, HEART ATTACK, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316279777			Fatality	Other	Sheetmetal duct installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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