Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201791258 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM MANLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 201791258 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 12/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120255435	01/28/1998	1731	0	Comparan Electric

Abstract: At 7:15 a.m. on December 24, 1997, Employee #1 of Comparan Electric was seriously injured when he fell off a scissors lift while working on an electrical conduit located under the ceiling of the production room of Owen's Brockway. He fell about 15 feet, landing on the production room floor. He was hospitalized at Whittier Medical Center for about five days and released later to recuperate at home. He was cutting the electrical wires of an electrical conduit, 2 inches in diameter by 10 feet long, and was leaning on the railings of the scissors lift and ceiling conduit at the time the pipe or conduit gave way. The weight of the pipe pulled him down. He fractured his left wrist due to the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, CONDUIT, ELECTRICAL WORK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120255435			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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