Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202468716 - Employee Is Burned and Falls from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202468716 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/08/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312435480	01/28/2010	1629	237110	Brutoco Engineering & Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a ballast for a light fixture in hallway in front of a row of elevators. Employee #1 was standing on a ladder, replacing the ballast located in the space between the top floor and dropped ceiling, hung by steel hangers. The electrical workers did not deenergize and cut the wires of the ballast which were connected by wire caps to the power supply. One of the steel hangers contacted the live wires, and Employee #1 was seriously injured. Employee #1 fell off the ladder approximately ten feet, and suffered burns to his hands. Employee #1 worked for Able Engineering. The employer was cited for 2320.2(a) - no deenergizing.

Keywords: BURN, BALLAST--LIGHTING, SHOCK, ELECTRICAL, LADDER, LIGHTING FIXTURE, FALL, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312435480			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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