Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202526976 - Employee injured in fall while climbing up scissor lift

Accident Summary Nr: 202526976 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119692796	07/30/2007	1731	238210	All City Electric

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 a.m. on July 23, 2007, Employee #1, an electrician for All City Electric, was in a scissor lift adjusting the lights at a Safeway store in Salinas, CA. He climbed out of the lift and then was trying to climb back up the lift to lower it when he fell approximately 13 ft onto a grocery rack. Employee #1 suffered a hernia and was transported to Salinas Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: WORK RULES, ELECTRICIAN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, HERNIA, AERIAL LIFT, UNSTABLE POSITION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119692796			Hospitalized injury	Hernia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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