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Accident: 201773702 - Electrician Injures Back In Fall From Catwalk

**Accident: 201773702 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 10/27/2011**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
315977629	10/27/2011	1731	Calvi Electric Company

On October 27, 2011, Employee #1, an electrician, was working while on a catwalk. He fell 15 to 20 ft through a ceiling and landed on a chandelier. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: fracture, electrician, back, catwalk, fall, fall protection, vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	315977629			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians	FallDist: FallHt:20 Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work FatCause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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