Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202456380 - Employee Is Injured When Reinforced Steel Pierces Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 202456380 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/09/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313380974	04/20/2010	1731	238210	Neubauer Electric Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on April 9, 2010 Employee #1, an apprentice electrician, was in the process of installing an electrical conduit. Employee #1 was standing on the finished concrete floor and bending a 1.25-inch EMT conduit with a hand bender. As he braced the hand bender in order to apply leverage with his leg and applied pressure in order to make a bend, the hand bender slipped on the finished concrete floor resulting in him falling to the ground. Employee #1 was transported to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital and admitted the same day. Employee #1 sustained fractured tibia and fibula. Employee #1 received surgery in the hospital. He was then discharged on April 13, 2010. The causal factor of the accident was the hand bender slipped on the finished concrete floor.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, TIBIA, CONDUIT, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCRETE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313380974			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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